The Sistine Chapel is one of the Catholic Church's most sacred sites. It was painted by Michelangelo over four years in the High Renaissance style, but ho ...

moving one writer to call the museum “a Sistine Chapel of evolution.” So why on earth go to the Peabody for any reason other than dinosaurs? One answer: for the fossil mammal and bird ...

During Holy Week, many Filipino Catholics observe the Visita Iglesia, a sacred tradition of visiting seven churches to reflect on the Passion of Christ.

One of the most impressive parts of the city is the Gravina canyon, where homes appear to spill down the cliffside.

In 1594, a newly ordained young cardinal, Odoardo Farnese – the recent beneficiary of a tremendous fortune – commissioned the ...

European monarchs and religious entities had a penchant for erecting massively elaborate and intricately beautiful monuments ...

Hidden among Hockessin’s rolling countryside sits a modest ice cream shop that’s causing quite the commotion as temperatures ...

The gaze of those who enter the Sistine Chapel through the ceremonial door – the east door of the building, the one through which popes, cardinals and their retinue have always made their entrance, ...

The Lawrence Chapel in the Town of Catharine, a few miles northeast of Odessa, was built in 1880 by a prominent local family that relocated from New York City. The chapel and nearby cemetery ...

A major milestone for the Brick Chapel – a landmark of faith that symbolizes Maryland’s status as a birthplace of religious ...