The duty owed by the stonemason to the Church was regulated by ecclesiastical law. There was no legal right to erect a tombstone or other memorial on a grave, even though out of respect for the ...

As cardinals meet to elect a new pontiff, Euronews spoke to senior Catholic figures from the region as they reflected on the late Pope Francis and pondered what is next for the Church. View on euronew ...

The cache of iron tools, estimated to be more about 2,000 years old, belonged to a Dacian stonemason and is “one of the most varied and complete” kits ever discovered from European antiquity ...