MUST VISIT The San Francisco church and plaza. This is the oldest church in Quito, built between 1536 and 1580. The main altar holds the original masterpiece by Legarda, La Virgen de Quito.

In Quito, after mass celebrated in Guayaquil, Francis visited the Cathedral and met with President of the Republic. Today he will celebrate Mass in the Bicentennial Park in Quito, he will meet ...

The Quito Cathedral with its imposing domes, the Church of the Society of Jesus with its dazzling interior, and the Basilica of the National Vow which stuns all who visit it, are proof of this.

The next evening, he will pay a "private visit" to Quito's Church of the Society of Jesus, known as "La Compania," a jewel of Spanish Baroque architecture.

Despite the ups and downs of Quito’s relationship with Christianity throughout the tempestuous 19th century, the Church won out. The Jesuits may not have got their university back, but they — and the ...

Last night, Pope Francis addressed civil society groups inside the Church of Saint Francis, an immense baroque cathedral in Quito, Ecuador.

Quito, the capital city of Ecuador, sits high in the Andean mountains at an altitude of 9,350 feet. With over 2.6 million people and probably twice as many buildings, the bustling city of colorful ...

The missionary sending of the family will take place this Friday, February 27, at 5pm in the Quito Cathedral and will be presided by Archbishop Raul Vela Chiriboga of Quito, Primate of Ecuador, and ...