York was originally a small Celtic settlement before the arrival of the Roman Empire, but it soon became one of the most ...

For bishops and archbishops, the liturgical clothes for a funeral include the alb, a white tunic held by a traditional cord ...

The funeral of Pope Francis today is expected to be simpler than those of other popes before him, going by the instructions ...

Archbishops and bishops go start to dey gada around 08:30 local time (07:30 BST) for di Constantine Wing ... inside di basilica, wia di remains of Pope John Paul II lie. Dem go waka inside ...

Around 200-250 bishops gathered in the city of Nicaea — modern day İznik in Turkey — sometime in May or June of 325 at the summons of Emperor Constantine, the first Christian ruler of the ...

She remains, above all ... As James Carroll, the author of “Constantine’s Sword” and a former Catholic priest, has noted, the key to understanding these sermons is understanding Gregory ...

There, on privately owned land, remains of Roman walls are partially ... who failed to find marble statues or frescoed rooms and decided that the site held little interest. As a result ...

In antiquity, niches typically contained a statue of a deity such as Apollo ... it might encourage them to protect the heritage that remains.” The trail’s 215 miles connect ancient road ...

Each niche is identified by a statue of the saint connected to its ... is believed to have been martyred around the year 60. His remains were first transferred to Constantinople in the 4th century ...