From the majestic art to the white smoke, here's what to know about the Sistine Chapel, the sacred site of the conclave.

It could very well be the biggest sporting event ever held inside the walls of the Vatican. The Giro d’Italia will pay homage ...

Timothy Cardinal Dolan was among thousands of people who visited the tomb of Pope Francis in Rome on Sunday, one day after ...

Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica a day after he was bade farewell by the powerful of the world ...

Hours after waking to watch Pope Francis being laid to rest, several dozen faithful paid a final tribute to the late pontiff ...

The late Pope Francis continued his legacy as an open-armed trailblazer by opening the sacred portal of the Vatican and dying ...

Gothic fresco of the Veil of Veronica at the alcove wayside shrine “Kernmaier-Kreuz” at Sankt Walburgen, municipality Eberstein (Kärnten), district Saint ... the Basilica of the Holy Cross ...

A rare exhibit of the Holy Tunic of Christ — believed to be the garment worn by Jesus during his passion — is drawing ...

Following the death of Pope Francis on 21 April, large crowds are expected in Rome and the Vatican City over the coming days, ...

Pope Francis on Monday signed a decree that recognized the 20th-century visionary’s “heroic virtues” and put him on the path ...

Tombstone of the last members of the House of Stuart, St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican (1819), Work of Antonio Canova (1757–1822). Credit: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons ...

Mayor Danielle Moore and the Palm Beach council honored the only Catholic church in Palm Beach on Tuesday, after the Vatican elevated the St. Edward to become a minor basilica. St. Edward is now ...