The cross, measuring approximately 5.9 inches in length, is crafted from gold-plated silver and adorned with a gemstone. Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, waves from a balcony ...

Several months after the theft of a pectoral cross bequeathed by the late Pope Benedict XVI to a parish in his native Bavaria, police have apprehended the suspect in the Czech Republic. The cross — ...

Pope Francis, pictured July 4, receiving a pectoral cross made for him by students of Chile’s Catholic University, using pieces of wood recovered from a church that was torched in 2020. (Credit: ...

As pundits continue to discuss what was said or unsaid at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, one thing that was probably not on anyone's bingo card was how Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich ...

ST. PAUL — Several rare pectoral crosses and rings reported missing after a burglary at the home of the St. Paul and Minneapolis archbishop have been found in a box in his bedroom. The Reverend Lee ...

Two stunning additions to the Lester and Sue Smith Gem Vault arrived at the Houston Museum of Natural Science this month. A pectoral cross and ring worn by Pope Paul VI, Pope John XXIII and Pope Pius ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW-TV) — Father John Hutnyan is heartbroken. The interim pastor at Sts. Peter & Paul Orthodox Church in Buffalo's Lovejoy neighborhood discovered thieves broke into his 125-year-old ...

Several months after the theft of a pectoral cross bequeathed by the late Pope Benedict XVI to a parish in his native Bavaria, police have apprehended the suspect in the Czech Republic. The cross — ...