The Basilica of Saint Lawrence in downtown Asheville, among the city’s architectural marvels, is under restorative ...

Vatican security removed a man who disrupted St. Peter's Basilica by climbing onto the altar, with Pope Leo reportedly ...

A man was allegedly caught on camera urinating on the Altar of the Confession at St. Peter’s Basilica while a crowd of ...

After the incident, Pope Leo ordered emergency purification rites "to restore the holiness of the place and ask forgiveness ...

Papal basilicas have traditionally been associated with a royal patron. King Felipe VI of Spain is the protocanon of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, as were his predecessors. French President ...

The first phase of the restoration will include replacing the copper-clad roof on the basilica’s dome, new storm drains and ...

The body of St. Francis will be moved from his tomb, located in the crypt, and placed at the foot of the papal altar in the ...

TOURISTS were left stunned as a man brazenly urinated on a Vatican altar during Holy Mass – in full view of hundreds of ...

Security personnel escorted him away from the altar as gasps could be heard in the crowd of onlookers, according to reports ...

The incident occurred in full view of a large crowd, with footage circulating widely online of a man with his trousers around ...

The remains of St. Francis of Assisi, the namesake of San Francisco's first mission and later the city itself, will be ...

As per the report, the man climbed the altar steps, dropped his pants, and urinated on the sacred site. The Vatican gendarmes ...