Upon discovering the Virgin Islands in 1493 — naming them after the legendary beauty of St. Ursula and her 11,000 virgins — Christopher Columbus promptly dubbed one St. Thomas, after the doubting ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A woman is caught on camera socking a lector in the face during mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. The disturbing act of violence took place in the ...

The Rev. Joseph Lickwar of Ss. Peter and Paul Orthodox Cathedral in Jersey City. (Reena Rose Sibayan | The Jersey Journal)Get Photo Ss. Peter and Paul Orthodox Cathedral in Jersey City. (Reena Rose ...

A woman was attacked as she left the altar during Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul on Sunday, and the incident was broadcast live by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The footage ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- In an Eyewitness News exclusive, a landmark church will get a long-overdue makeover. It's the church home to one million Catholics in the region. CBS3's Joe Holden got an ...

St. Peter and Paul Cathedral, in Wilmington, hosted a special portrayal of the stations of the cross on Friday night, April 19, leading spectators through the 14 stations, which includes the ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Some Catholics returned to church for the first time this weekend as Pennsylvania Bishops reinstated the obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days. At the Cathedral ...

An architects rendering of the Shrine of Saint Katherine Drexel at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia. (SITIO architecture + urbanism) In this Oct. 2, 2000, file photo, worshippers ...

A fire ripped through the famed Gothic Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul in the western French city of Nantes Saturday morning and authorities are investigating the incident as a criminal act.

The Peter and Paul Fortress is where St. Petersburg was founded. Peter the Great commissioned the building of a fort on Hare Island in 1703 and initiated construction of the fortress. Among its ...