What is it that makes a church building “sacred?” Why do we enter great churches and cathedrals and gasp with wonder while ...

On May 8, the day Pope Leo XIV was elected as our new Holy Father, he told the faithful, “Today is the day of the Prayer of ...

Frescoes, graffiti, sealed burials, and mysterious underground passages — St. Cyril's Church holds many secrets. It was built ...

Diane von Furstenberg, Plácido Domingo, Stephen Jones and Delphine and Antoine Arnault were among those who gathered to honor ...

The transported is sometimes surrounded by decorations ... vacant space inside. The altar is stripped bare of its linens and candles, holy water is removed from the church’s fonts and the ...

Tucked away in the sleepy hamlet of Lorman, Mississippi, stands a weathered wooden building that holds culinary treasures worth their weight in gold-fried goodness. The Old Country Store isn’t just a ...

ARLINGTON—Timothy D. “Tim” “Fitz” Fitzpatrick, formerly of Irvington, died peacefully at home in Arlington, March 13, 2025. Tim was born December 11, 1934, in Glen Cove, Long Island, N.Y., and grew up ...

Tunica Hills Wildlife Management Area offers a topographical surprise in Louisiana’s predominantly flat landscape. These rugged hills and ravines showcase rare plant species and hiking trails that ...

Workers have completed a phase of conservation work on historic murals by the late artist Maxo Vanka at St. Nicholas Croatian ...

How do you conserve an incomparable set of murals that have accumulated more than 80 years’ worth of soot, salt and other ...

Dennis Whittington choked back emotions as he stared at the church altar that his father resurrected before his death. “Excuse me,” he told me. A few more long seconds passed as an old ...

A cart with colorful hand weights stood at the entrance. An ultramodern crystal chandelier hung over the church’s former altar, glowing like a portal to another dimension. Anyone entering this ...