Around 40 people — homeless, prisoners, migrants and transgender people — will salute the pope holding a white rose, just ...

The earthly remains of most of history’s 266 popes (plus some European royals) are buried in Rome—in dozens of catacombs and ...

ROME — Pope Francis will be the first pontiff in more than a century to be buried outside the Vatican Grottoes. After his ...

Pope Francis’ tomb is made of Ligurian (Italian) marble with the sole inscription “FRANCISCUS” and a reproduction of his ...

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the ...

With St. Peter’s, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, it is one of four basilicas in Rome granted special status by ...

And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. They said to ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

The women departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell the disciples of Jesus. And behold, Jesus ...

Greeks have been cracking red eggs at Easter for centuries. The tradition, although it is also a fun game, is steeped in ...

What if faith means having our questions, and yet following Jesus, not in spite of them, but because of them? That's what Easter is all about.