Ciccio, a 12-year-old German Shepherd, attends Mass at the church of Santa Maria Assunta in San Donaci, Puglia, every day. According to Sud Italia News, the grieving hound mourns daily for Maria ...

On an island that once rivaled Venice for dominance of the lagoon, the Church of Santa Maria Assunta contains stunning Byzantine mosaics. When barbarian hordes swept across Italy after the fall of ...

Father Mauro Pace, pastor of the Church of Santa Maria Assunta in Orte, Italy, who also participated in the project, explained that in Orte, “We have had a Benedictine monastery for 300 years.