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,…
A self-styled seer who claimed to have holy visions after her statue of the Virgin Mary started crying blood has fled after a church probe found it was pig's blood.…
Churchgoers were stunned when a statue of the Virgin Mary 'shed tears' during an Easter service in Ecuador. A worshipper filmed the statue of Our Lady of Sorrows apparently weeping…
Poland has accused Belarus of cultural vandalism after a century-old fresco showing a historic Polish military rout of the Soviet Red Army was painted over. The painting - 'Miracle on…
The surprise finding of a long-lost Last Supper painting in Germany that shows Jesus and the disciples lounging on cushions rather than seated at a table has been described as…