ROCHESTER — It has not been a good year for buildings named "Lourdes." In April, the former Lourdes High School was demolished to make way for Mayo Clinic's $5 billion "Bold. Forward. Unbound. In ...

Some 130 years before Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic, America may have been visited by other Catholic ...

Ditch the passports and long flights for this Indiana town. It boasts a peaceful riverwalk, gorgeous architecture, and a rich ...

Historic St. Michael’s Church and Museum in Tarnov, Nebraska, was one of those happy little surprises that make road trips so ...

For hundreds of years, people have flocked to a churchyard in a small village in Northern Ireland to gather handfuls of soil ...

Filipino tunes have resounded throughout Vienna’s historic Musikverein concert hall—thanks to the Philippine Madrigal Singers. In their recent concert in this capital city, the “Madz” featured an ...

My trip around the world included some time in the footsteps of St. Francis Xavier, and a poignant moment at his tomb in Goa.

Notre Dame Cathedral in France and St. William in Cashion, Ariz., are about as different as two churches can be.In appearance ...

The Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral began a $500,000 construction project this week to work on the front entrance . The Rev. Darrin Connall said the landing step on the front staircase began to ...

Tucked away in a rocky mountain in southeast France is a cave formed by natural erosion called La Sainte-Baume, where Mary ...

Those watching the cultural news of the past week probably saw the festivities in France on July 14, Bastille Day, which is ...