The church said its baptistry room was "flooded to the top," while the main floor took on "several" inches of water that will require the replacement of carpet and furniture.

MASSILLON, Ohio– A fire at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Massillon damaged a room inside the historic church that houses a national shrine, according to Sr. Kathy Longheier. The baptistry ...

Truth be told, the scaffolding is still behind our baptistry, and the cleaning supplies are, too. But maybe that’s fitting. This baptism won’t be perfect, and it doesn’t have to be.

Truth be told, the scaffolding is still behind our baptistry, and the cleaning supplies are, too. But maybe that’s fitting. This baptism won’t be perfect, and it doesn’t have to be.

Visitors to one of Florence's most iconic monuments — the Baptistry of San Giovanni, opposite the city’s Duomo — are getting a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see its ceiling mosaics up close ...

Baptistry Safety Check Never, ever, use a wired microphone in a baptismal pool. Even a normally harmless leakage of stray volts into a microphone is lethal when a person is immersed in water. Make ...

Visitors to one of Florence’s most iconic monuments are getting a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see its ceiling mosaics up close thanks to an innovative approach to a planned restoration effort ...

Restorers Chiara Zizola, right, and Roberto Nardi work on the restoration of the mosaics that adorn the dome of one of the oldest churches in Florence, St. John's Baptistery, in Florence, central ...