Few people would suspect that the order of Capuchin monks, famous for their humble imitation of St. Francis, are special guardians entrusted with the duty of caring for Austria's imperial crypt. The ...

Of all the places you might find the Capuchin crypt, the Via Veneto in Rome seems to be the unlikeliest location. But amid this district of four star hotels, expensive restaurants and swanky habitués, ...

Rome is full of religious sites, what’s so special about this one? It displays the skeletal remains of about 4,000 people. Oh, like the catacombs?Contrary to popular belief, Rome’s catacombs, out in ...

In Europe, you’ll find that many of these human skeletons — even long after death — still have something to say. Here’s one of my favorite European memories illustrating how, if you know where to look ...

Among the many beautiful and historical churches of Rome, there is the Church of Holy Mary of the Conception of the Capuchins. Among other spiritual treasures, the church holds the famous painting of ...

A recent makeover has turned what was once just a creepy crypt beneath the Capuchin church into a Franciscan monk 'experience', complete with displays of the knotted whips with which the friars liked ...

Two identical figures of Empress Maria Theresa rise from her tomb, depicting her resurrection, in the crypt of the Capuchin Church in Vienna. The sarcophagus, which fills an entire room, was completed ...