Peter was the first pontiff of the Catholic church, and several popes have been considered "great" in the interim.

The Diocese of St. Cloud released a statement from Bishop Patrick M. Neary commemorating the loss of the pope.

Members of the public and church leaders have expressed "sadness" after the death of Pope Francis on Monday morning. The ...

Archaeologists believe they have found the site of a 12th Century monastery near Downpatrick, County Down, that was destroyed ...

Panagia Vefa is a Greek Orthodox church in Istanbul, Turkey, where people of all faiths come to make a wish on the first day ...

Church bells rang across Italy yesterday to mark the passing of Pope Francis. Footage shows bells tolling at the Monastery of Santa Chiara in Imperia shortly after it was announced that the pontiff, ...

At the foothills of the Pierian Mountains, near the Aliakmon River, lies the Holy Monastery of Saint John the Forerunner in ...

Above the spa town of Kamena Vourla, the Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Saviour has stood for a thousand years ...

For more than a millennium, Orthodox Christian monks have woken up in the predawn darkness to start their day with prayer at ...