Mayor Tom Koch maintains the statues represent universal symbols, but critics argue ... erect two large bronze statues depicting Roman Catholic saints on the façade of the new public safety ...

Missing context. In the context of the Catholic Church, the inverted cross is a reference to the crucifixion of Saint Peter, who is considered the first pontiff.

In the eight-part series Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints, the acclaimed director examines the lives of eight Catholic saints, all of whom had unshakable faith in the face of danger.

Pilgrims have been pouring into this medieval hilltop town to venerate not only two of the Catholic Church's most celebrated saints, Francis and Clare, but its newest — Carlo Acutis, the first ...