Even in the last years of his life, despite significant health problems, Pope Francis was seen in a wheelchair praying in ...

Carved from dark wood, the statue is an icon of Saint Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ. Had its supernatural story played out somewhere else ― such as Mexico, where a cloak bearing Mary’s ...

The subject of numerous controversies, she is defined by ambiguity, welcoming outcasts to the Church and provoking more imaginative approaches to faith.

Episode 2: As the cult of the mother of Jesus intensifies, Mary becomes a leader of armies and a politician calling for change. But with the reformation, she also becomes a point of contention between ...

JESUS and Virgin Mary statues have been left looking like cartoon characters after a restoration job went wrong. The religious shrine in Poland has been mocked after the botched restoration left ...

Pope Francis had earlier said that he wants to be buried not in St Peter's Basilica or its grottoes, where most popes are ...