Look up to see a beautifully painted curved ceiling, then notice the carefully carved altar ... St. Francis Xavier (the school’s patron saint). Hand-painted wooden beams cross the ceiling, while ...

Sarah Bitzer, a Xavier University alumna, will helm St. Peter Faber Academy, considered the first Jesuit Catholic laboratory ...

Xavier University has announced more details on its reimagined elementary academy that is set to welcome students this fall.St. Peter Faber Academy will serve as the Midwest’s first, and the ...

Many who know him said that Francis, driven by a sense of mission ... On Feb. 9, he presided over an outdoor Mass in St. Peter’s Square, where the wind was so strong that it blew his white ...

Nostradamus was said to have made a prediction over Pope Francis’ failing health hundreds of years ago, as fears continue over the pontiff’s condition. The leader of the Catholic Church ...

With Pope Francis in hospital ... the rule of the church is temporarily handed over to the College of Cardinals — though no major decisions can be made until a new pope is elected. The pope’s funeral ...

Archbishop Rino Fisichella celebrated a Jubilee Mass in St. Peter's Basilica which Francis was supposed to have celebrated. Fisichella offered a special prayer for Francis from the altar before ...

One retired Catholic cardinal suggested on Thursday that Francis' fragile health could lead the pope to resign as leader of the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church, as his late predecessor Pope ...

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An abundance of gilt wood carvings (reportedly more than 800 pounds of gold) make up the columns, vaulted ceilings and walls of this church, which started to take shape in 1245. A traveler ...