Second of three parts Continuing excerpts from National Artist Amado V. Hernandez's novel "Mga Ibong Mandaragit" (The Preying ...

Three days later, they were placed in front of Saint Peter’s main altar and transported to the Synod Hall ... like statues were displayed “without idolatrous intentions,” as per a Vatican ...

The statue’s original owner, William Weddell—a British landowner and politician—purchased it during the mid-1700s in Rome for his estate, Newby Hall, in North Yorkshire. There, Athena ...

The Jubilee Year of Hope anthem in the Catholic Church of England and Wales is in reggae-pop style from Ooberfuse and the nuns of Walsingham, marking a change ...

Milan is the first major Italian city to place strong restrictions on where people can smoke outside. Cue the discontent.

The fascist movements of 20th-century Europe had a sweeping impact around the world, in ways that still reverberate today.

But Biden’s desire for valediction at the Vatican was countered by a sense ... still began and ended with references to the Statue of Liberty. The decision to speak in primetime left the ...

Many bronze and marble statues are displayed in the Statuary Hall and throughout the US Capitol ... based the works on Raphael’s loggia in the Vatican. Beautiful figures, motifs, plants and ...

But Biden’s desire for valediction at the Vatican was countered by a sense of obligation ... still began and ended with references to the Statue of Liberty. The decision to speak in primetime left the ...

While European countries may well be a longtime magnet for attracting travellers with their beautiful churches — think the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris and St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City ..

The towers contain multinational company offices, one of the largest shopping malls in the country, an art gallery, aquarium, science center and orchestral concert hall. The towers are ... works of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis’ aide leans down to pick up the the handle of the Pope ...