The new pope Leo XIV is scheduled to deliver his first Sunday blessing from the loggia where he first appeared in public ...

Francis will then be buried, according to his will: in a simple underground tomb at St. Mary Major Basilica. The church is home to his favorite icon of the Virgin Mary, to whom he was particularly ...

Skincare expert Caroline Hirons has a new product that is bound to benefit combination, oily skin during the warm weather days to come. Her own beauty brand, Skin Rocks, recently launched The ...

She has embarked on the Hail Mary trip hoping to convince the US to end tariffs on British goods, and in particular to scrap or cut the 25% tariff on imports of cars following warnings that ...

The burial place is located in the niche of the side aisle, between the Pauline Chapel (Chapel of Our Lady of Health of the Roman People) and the Sforza Chapel in St. Mary Major Basilica.

Queen Mary of Denmark is a chameleonic style legend: she can pull off the glitz and glam for a special occasion, as she did on her daughter Princess Isabella's 18th birthday celebration ...

The Catholic Church's first Latin American pope played a special role in Cuban history, negotiating a resumption of diplomatic relations with Washington under president Barack Obama in 2015 ...

Catholics and others in secular Cuba have been paying tribute to Pope Francis, praising in particular his efforts to reconcile the communist island with its powerful neighbor, the United States ...

(RNS) — Pope Francis asked to be buried in St. Mary Major, close to the most important icon of Mary, the Salus Populi Romani. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — After the pomp of his funeral in St. Peter ...

Pope Francis was laid to rest in a private burial at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major on Saturday after a funeral Mass attended by a multitude of mourners, including some 50 heads of state ...

HELENA, Mont. — Applications are now available for Montana’s state hail insurance program. The program allows producers to insure their crops against hail damage. Maximum coverage is $75 per ...

But the bond Freddie Mercury shared with ex-fiancée Mary Austin was like no other, despite their engagement coming to an end with the revelation that he was gay. He continued to describe her as ...