BETHEL PARK, Pa. (AP) - When Pope Francis celebrates outdoor Mass in Washington this September, he'll be using a custom-made altar and papal chair designed by an architecture student from Western ...

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The crowd of people who will gather at Pope Francis' open-air Mass in Washington in September won't be able to experience the interior beauty of the Basilica of the National Shine of the Immaculate ...

GAYLORD — The Diocese of Gaylord has announced plans to renovate St. Mary Cathedral to mark its 50th anniversary. A release ...

Matthew Hoffman of Bethel Park, whose team won first place in a national contest to design the altar for Pope Francis during the pope's first visit to the U.S. in September, stands next to a pair of ...

A team of Catholic University of America (CUA) students have won the contest to design an altar Pope Francis will use at his outdoor Mass in Washington D.C. this fall. The winning students will have a ...

In designing an altar for Pope Francis’ visit this week to the United States, Litchfield native John Homer set out to create something that would have both “artistic and theological depth,” he said.

For most graduating college seniors, the final weeks of school focus on exams, saying goodbyes and looking to their next steps in life. But for three seniors studying architecture at The Catholic ...

Pope Francis will pray for immigrants in solitude Small altar constructed a few feet away from fence that divides Mexico, United States JUAREZ — Worn, tattered shoes will lay at the center of the ...

The Catholic University of America announced Tuesday that a trio of students has won its competition to design the altar on which Pope Francis will celebrate Mass during his visit to the nation’s ...

In a world beset by gloom and confusion, where people feel nothing but suffering and deprivation, what gives comfort and consolation is religion. Faith, hope and charity arm people with the resilience ...

Pope Leo XIV is said to have been appalled after a man urinated on the high altar at St Peter’s Basilica. The American ...