ROME — Proof of coronavirus vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test is now required for tourists who wish to visit the Duomo in Florence, St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, and many of Italy’s most famous ...

A British tourist has sparked backlash after she was filmed posing nude on the steps of an Italian cathedral with just a red veil of fabric as coverage. The incident took place on Monday when three ...

ROME (Reuters) – A gold and crystal casing holding drops of the blood of Saint Pope John Paul II was stolen from the cathedral of the central Italian city of Spoleto, its bishop said on Thursday. The ...

Here in North America most of our Christmas traditions have origins in northern Europe. So the notion of an Italian Christmas might be hard to visualize. Santa filling stockings while eating biscotti ...

The Diocese of Trento, in northern Italy, has started the removal from the Trento Cathedral of pictures and sculptures depicting the alleged ritual murder by Jews of a Christian boy–Simon of Trent–500 ...

Several pieces of sacred art by the renowned Italian goldsmith Luigi Valadier (1726-1785) that were believed lost in Mexico were found in the Cathedral of Leon, Nicaragua, an ecclesiastical source ...

It is unclear if the relic was stolen for ransom. In the past other relics have been taken for ransom in Italy where many are located. A relic holding the blood of late Pope John Paul II has been ...