On the day of his election, Pope Leo XIV received the gift of a silver pectoral cross containing the relics of Pope St. Leo ...

CLINTON — An exhibit of 60 Ethiopian icons and artifacts will be on exhibit at the Museum of Russian Icons, 203 Union St., from Jan. 23 through April 19. This exhibition explores the Christian ...

A deliberately-concealed silver cross inlaid on the obverse of a Byzantine weight was discovered at Hippos (Sussita) in northern Israel during University of Haifa excavations at the site ...

The man arrested for the theft of a pectoral cross bequeathed by the late Pope Benedict XVI to a parish in his native Bavaria is now facing time behind bars. According to CNA Deutsch, CNA’s ...

In one post on Facebook that has garnered more than a hundred reactions, in addition to comments and shares, the user claims the Pope’s pectoral cross does not show Jesus and is a Satanic symbol.

For centuries, newly-elected popes have worn a white cassock (ankle-length clerical coat), white zucchetto (skull cap), red pellegrina (shoulder cover), red and golden stole, and a pectoral cross ...

A pectoral cross bequeathed by the late Pope Benedict XVI to a parish in his native Bavaria has been stolen from the church where it was on display. According to CNA Deutsch, CNA’s German ...