COMMENTARY: Liturgical vestments like copes, chasubles and dalmatics are part of the beauty of the liturgy, alongside church ...

Mathieu Lours, a religious architecture specialist, highlights that Notre Dame has always served three functions, including offering a "collective experience" of beauty, without hindering its role as ...

“Inspiring” and “beautiful” does not capture the experience of the people who attend: somehow, the Vigil gives us a taste of great riches of the Catholic ... the layout of your church ...

It’s apparition time: 5:40 p.m. In a small Roman Catholic chapel in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the village of Medjugorje, Ivan Dragicevic walks down the aisle, kneels in front of the altar ...

Vienna, the capital of Austria, is a city steeped in history, culture, and timeless beauty. From its impressive Baroque ...

On a crisp morning, I hit the road heading towards Schulenburg, Texas, driven by my fascination with the state’s lesser-known treasures – the Painted Churches. Tucked away in the countryside, these ...

The Catholic Church in the western Indian state of Gujarat has expressed “frustration” over the state High Court confirming the government’s power in appointing staff in Catholic high schools.

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. The 700-year-old fresco is thought to be the only ...

Holy Myrrhbearers Orthodox Christian Church in Mount Crawford is in the process of having its walls painted. But these are ...

When a new senior housing and care facility opened in Corcoran, its leaders wanted to make a concrete connection with the ...

From a tiny French fisherman’s cabin to a hexagonal home in Hawaii. These buildings and places capture the city’s playful approach to concrete-and-asphalt Modernism. By Michael Snyder ...

President Emmanuel Macron announced plans to alleviate crowds at the Paris museum and to charge higher fees for visitors from outside the European Union. By Aurelien Breeden With major gifts to ...