The Vatican monastery where Pope Benedict XVI intends to live began its life as the Vatican gardener's house, but was established as a cloistered convent by Blessed John Paul II in 1994. When Pope ...

On Dec. 19, 1999, the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, Alabama, was officially opened and consecrated. The opening Mass was celebrated by the Diocese of Birmingham’s bishop at the ...

The ancient Sumela Monastery in northeastern Turkey is ready to open its doors this Saturday to hold mass for the seventh time since resuming religious services after a pause of 88 years. Overlooking ...

As Mother Mary Angelica is laid to rest today in Hanceville, thousands of visitors are expected at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, the golden shrine Mother Angelica was inspired to build to ...