LONDON and ROME -- The Vatican released photos of the tomb of Pope Francis, who was buried on Saturday in the Basilica of St.

The Hagia Sophia mosaics are unique and represent the ultimate example of Byzantine craftsmanship. They are the only surviving examples of Byzantine mosaics from such a lengthy time period. They cover ...

The Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, celebrated annually on November ... first documented in the 11th century within the Byzantine Catholic Church. It was introduced into ...

Francis, the first Latin American pope, will be buried at St. Mary Major after a Vatican funeral, marking the end of his 12-year papacy.

Pope Francis had a special devotion to the Marian icon, Salus Populi Romani (Salvation or Health of the Roman People), which ...

Francis choreographed the funeral himself when he revised and simplified the Vatican’s rites and rituals last year.

It is Byzantine ... Mary Major and Saint John Lateran. Crowds flocked to this church, and for nearly three hundred years many graces were obtained through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin.

Before the Byzantine icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary, known as the “Salus Populi Romani” (“Health of the Roman People”) and the 14th-century statue of the “Miraculous Crucifix” brought to a dark and ...

With glittering treasures from Siena’s golden age at every turn, this outstanding exhibition at The National Gallery in London is the first outside of continental Europe to consider the major role tha ...

America had previously been dedicated to Mary on three occasions.