A sarcophagus found buried 20 feet under the church of Saint Nicholas is set to get carbon dating to reveal if it is indeed the final resting place of the…
A church offering free hamburgers to teenagers had 400 young people show up for mass despite a protest by the faithful outside that required a police presence to maintain order.…
A priest advertising free burgers to tempt teenagers into church is facing a furious fightback from angry critics. Father Domenico Pegoraro, parish priest of San Pietro church in Trissino, a…
A saintly statue showing the baby Jesus with his grandmother and mum has been miraculously returned to a church more than 50 years after it was stolen. The 15th-century masterpiece…
A 'blasphemous' sculpture of the Virgin Mary showing her with her legs spread open as she gives birth to Jesus has been beheaded in an Austrian cathedral. The artwork showed…
Art experts restoring a cathedral's stained glass windows in Austria were astonished when a local identified five of his ancestors in the artwork. Art historians have been conducting a painstaking…
An ancient graveyard with bodies buried wrapped in ritual birch bark has been unearthed by archaeologists under a burned-down church in Russia. The cemetery, which dates back to the 1100s,…
A Belgian priest has told of a horror movie moment when the face of a woman he was exorcising of evil spirits changed shape to look like Lucifer. Veteran devil…
Churchgoers and devotees have claimed a miracle after they discovered a small statue of the Virgin Mary appeared to be shedding tears. The 'crying' figure was recorded by stunned visitors…
A pair of radical Islamic State fanatics are facing terrorist charges after plotting to blow up a church in Sweden. The Syrian-born brothers, Anas and Ahmed Kiwan, 29 and 24,…