Every December, an estimated 10 million people flock to a Mexico City basilica to celebrate the Virgin of Guadalupe.

Tepeyac in Mexico City each year, which is home to not one, but two basilicas dedicated to the Virgin of Guadalupe.

Millions of faithful descend on Mexico City each year, at first by bike or by foot and then often crawling on their knees in ...

December 12th is celebrated worldwide as the "Day of our Lady of Guadalupe" (Guadalupe is an indigenous version of the Virgen ...

In the Philippines -- where Pope Pius XI named her patroness in 1935 -- thousands of faithful are expected to visit the ...

Two days after a naked man stood on the high altar of St. Peter’s Basilica in a shocking security breach, the basilica’s archpriest on Saturday held a penitential rite as required by canon law in ...

Matilda of Canossa, Queen Christina of Sweden and Maria Clementina Sobieska. Though separated by centuries, they each engaged with the church at pivotal moments.

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is the largest Roman Catholic Church in the United States. Located in Washington D.C., the Minor basilica is one of the ten largest ...

A man urinated on the Altar of Confession of St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday before being taken away by security officers in the famous basilica, according to news reports. The man climbed the altar ...

When it was discovered a decade ago, the 4th-century basilica of Nicaea was totally submerged, its importance to early Christian history hidden beneath a lake in northwestern Turkey.

Beneath an office building in London, the first Roman civic basilica appears, revealing the lost ancient town hall of ...

The grandiose Basilica of St. Josaphat attracts more than faithful Catholics – it's admired by architecture lovers and history buffs alike. Modeled after Rome's famous St. Peter's Basilica, this ...