Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us. Exalted model of all mothers, Our Lady of Lourdes, Pray for us. Mother who did suffer so much, Pray for us. Mother poor and without shelter, Pray for us.

In 1858, in the grotto of Massabielle, near Lourdes in southern France, Our Lady appeared 18 times to Bernadette Soubirous, a young peasant girl. She revealed herself as the Immaculate Conception ...

"It's one of the hardest moments in recent history," he said. In Pisa, army soldiers placed sand bags behind the barrier lining a swollen river, while in Florence the Arno was lapping at the top ...

The cathedral's nontraditional exterior ... is easy to reach from the cruise ship terminal. History buffs in particular were happy to stumble across a historical attraction in a city with few ...

A long lost Renaissance Masterpiece by Mantegna has been rediscovered in Pompeii and will go on display at the Vatican ...

At the underwater archaeology site of Gran Carro di Bolsena in Aiola, Italy, divers found an ancient clay figurine pegged to ...

The olive tree is one of the most iconic symbols of the Mediterranean basin, deeply intertwined with the region's history, ...

In Florence, the Uffizi Galleries -- the world-famous art museum -- closed early, as did the Duomo cathedral ... that is hitting various areas of Italy, causing serious damage and difficulties ...

The tiny village where I was born and the town by the sea where I used to live aren’t exceptional in the attention paid to ...

It’s incredible,” Ms Di Ciacca adds. “While the baby was born in Italy, so she is the first generation of our family to be born again in Italy, after a couple of generations were born in ...

The so-called Church of Dante doesn't house the poet's body, but that of his muse Beatrice. So, why is it not called the ...

As diplomatic tensions continue between Canada and the United States, a travel group says Islanders are rethinking their travel plans, opting for alternative vacation destinations that are either ...