A photo taken May 6, 2025, shows a print of George Herman "Babe" Ruth visiting St. Mary's Industrial School in ...

Their faces, hats and flamenco dresses caked in dust, hundreds of pilgrims gathered around an ox-driven carriage with their icon of ...

COMMENTARY: Today’s feast is directly linked to the jubilee years of 1975 and 2000, making its observance this jubilee year a ...

If I find the person or persons who stole my Pride flag, I will tell them that I am always open to discuss my political and ...

The basilica holds some of the Church’s most important relics, including an icon of the Virgin Mary holding the baby Jesus, attributed to Saint Luke. It also holds pieces of wood believed to ...

He went there principally to pray to the Salus Populi Romani, health or protectress of the Roman people in Latin, a painting on cedar wood that shows the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus.

Throughout his papacy, Francis went there to pray to an icon of the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus. In death, he'll lie in a simple tomb beside her chapel. NPR's Ruth Sherlock takes us there.

an icon of the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus before and after each trip out of Rome, and during difficult times, such as the coronavirus pandemic. Preparations are now underway at the church to ...