More than 3,000 people have signed a petition urging the owners of a chapel-turned bar in a Maryland Marriott property to abstain from serving liquor from the former high altar. Catholics are ...

The silver gilt cross was given in 1899 by Lord Rosebery, following his daughter's marriage here. In front of the High Altar is one of the Abbey's treasures. This is a marble pavement dating from 1268 ...

At Wye Oak, the bar counter sits in front of the high altar, which still has large stained-glass windows and statues of kneeling angels in place over the bar itself. O’Hare said it was a ...

The Wye Oak Tavern, which is part of the recently inaugurated Visitation Hotel in Frederick, Maryland, has encountered opposition for utilizing the chapel's high altar as a focal point for the bar.

The keys to heavenBeneath Michelangelo’s great dome, the high altar of the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome is covered by a baldachin, a bronze canopy designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The altar is ...

New research has found a church in medieval Italy whose high altar was surrounded by a vast Islamic tent. How did it get there, and what did it symbolise? Anna Moore investigates New research has ...

In 1149, the European Crusaders, recognizing the church’s significance, re-consecrated it after conquering the Holy City and installed a new high altar. The marble altar was reportedly an ...