In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re dead ...

As early as 2015, Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century ...

The deceased pope will be dressed in his simple white cassock and red vestments, then placed in a simple wooden coffin. This ...

The funeral Mass will likely be celebrated inside St Peter’s, because of the late winter weather, and there is also the ...

Maxim Derevianko had worked shooting ads for the Rome Opera House for several years and had been looking to film some bigger ...

The death of Pope Francis has shone a light on the wealth of the Pontiff and the mind-boggling fortune controlled by the Vatican itself. Pope Francis’ net worth has been revealed following the news of ...

Imagine hearing the word “echo” and feeling an odd shiver as you call into a canyon, your voice bouncing back as if answering ...

Exploring the places linking the successful woman artist Artemisia Gentileschi and writer Anna Banti who devoted a novel to ...

Fashion may not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about papal legacies, but Pope Francis’ understated style ...

Filippo Sorcinelli, who has been working with the Supreme Pontiff's Office for Liturgical Celebrations for twenty years, has ...

A tragic incident unfolded at a private school in France on Thursday, April 24 where a teenage girl was brutally killed in a ...