The full restoration is far from complete – spindly cranes and a gauze of scaffolding still cling to sections of the gothic exterior –but visitors, both new and returning, will be delighted by what’s ...

To understand Notre Dame is to understand Paris itself. As with much in the city, it has endured layers of history — ...

From big tests for new coaches to settling petty grudges and sizing up the best teams, here are the games Conor Orr already has his eye on for next season.

Pope Leo XIV is both the first American pope and the first boomer pope, and any projections about what his papacy will look ...

Chicago’s South Side was solidly working class during Pope Leo’s childhood, said Rob Paral, a researcher at the Great Cities ...

In his first days as pope, Leo XIV has struck many as an unassuming man of quiet warmth and deeply rooted identity. A visit ...

My tour group and I were approaching Notre-Dame Cathedral, and a modest crowd ... narrow vaults of the nave stretched toward the altar, washed with rainbow hues from the famous stained glass ...

Enthusiasm soon coupled with shock---when it was announced that the new leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics is ...

In Geneva, the main Roman Catholic church is the minor Basilica Notre-Dame, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. At the main altar is a white Carrara marble statue of the Immaculate Conception ...

Something like this is a nice little shot in the arm for the organization,” said chief revenue and marketing officer Brooks ...