Pope Benedict’s Pectoral Cross Still Missing as Thief Faces Prison Sentence The cross, measuring approximately 5.9 inches in length, is crafted from gold-plated silver and adorned with a gemstone.

Pope Benedict XVI bequeathed a pectoral cross to St. Oswald’s Church in the city of Traunstein in Bavaria after his retirement in 2013. The cross was stolen June 19, 2023, from the church.

Behind a time-worn wooden counter, surrounded by tall glass cases displaying all kinds of religious articles — cassocks, scarlet caps, skullcaps, embroidered chasubles, and pectoral crosses ...

The practice of wearing the pectoral cross also spread to bishops during the Council of Trent and was formalized in the rubrics of the missal of Pius V in 1570.

A federal jury in New Orleans has ordered a Catholic religious order to pay nearly $2.4 million in damages to a man who ...

An 18k gold pectoral cross and platinum ring donated to the United Nations by the pope was once owned by daredevil Evel Knievel and placed on sale on eBay.

Tuesday morning, 61 year old Monsignor William Lynn will be back on the witness stand at the Criminal Justice Center testifying in his own defense.

The clothing of Armenian priests, the heavy crosses hanging on the chest of monks and Christian buildings have become favorite targets for some Jewish extremists to spit on.

The Vatican confirmed that the items are the "personal" ring and pectoral cross of Paul VI. Each pope's official ring is smashed with a hammer when he dies.