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 crypts, ...

Three days of public viewing of Pope Francis’ body by ordinary mourners and statesmen alike have ended and the pontiff's ...

Pope Francis’ wooden coffin will be sealed on Friday night, in a private rite that officially ends three days of his body ...

The man, Shawn Hopkins, 57, a sheriff’s deputy in Pontiac, was on a short vacation with his mother and his sister, Katrina, ...

The Villa Farnesina, in Rome's Trastevere, is perhaps best known for its Raphael frescoes depicting Cupid and Psyche.

The pope’s portrait is everywhere these days. Here, we found it in a store of liturgical paraphernalia in central Rome. There were also many other symbols around, as a testament to how religion and ...

Pope Francis is breaking with tradition when it comes to where he will be laid to rest – choosing a light-filled basilica ...

Bite marks from a large cat, likely a lion, found in a ancient skeleton are the “first physical evidence” that gladiators ...

Vatican City THOUSANDS GATHERED AT THE PIAZZA SAN PIETRO Monday evening to pray the rosary and honor the life of Pope Francis ...