The Swiss Guard was established by Pope Julius II in 1506. Here's what to know about the 500-year-old military body.

But that same day there was another trip to Spain that for the Nazis was just as important and that ended in the same disappointing way: Himmler went to Barcelona to take the Holy Grail from the ...

ROME (CNS) — Today’s “builders of Babel” are constructing a hell on earth, rejecting everyone they decide are “losers,” Pope Francis wrote in the meditations for the Way of the Cross.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Friday was celebrated by Christians around the globe as Good Friday, and Holy Cross Parish in Springfield was among several local churches that held a live ...

The simple “Holy Grail” mantra has been hydrogen. Not so difficult to understand as all of future energy alternatives have a hydrogen bond. Begin with determining the actual fuel density and a ...

According to tradition, a part of the Holy Cross was discovered by the mother of the emperor Constantine, St. Helen, on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 326. A fifth century account describes this ...

Participants carried a large wooden cross through Kingsport, singing hymns and playing a zither on the streets. Many followed behind while holding palm branches to represent Holy Week.

MANILA, Philippines — As part of its heightened preparedness for Holy Week ... and one blood unit. Your safety is guaranteed and you are able to help the Red Cross as well,” said Gordon.

I propose that a particularly relevant image for our time is the helplessness of Jesus on the cross. The cross was not simply torture, humiliation and shame; it was also total and abject helplessness.

What was missing was the technology, the engineering know-how.” Fusion power is the holy grail of energy technologies: it makes more energy than nuclear fission, produces less waste, doesn’t ...

This tradition, which dates back more than 150 years, involves pilgrims praying the rosary as they climb the church's steps.