An ancient ritual steeped in tradition and shrouded in secrecy is underway in the Sistine Chapel. So what can we expect?

With more and more people choosing cremation over traditional in-ground burials, cemeteries are having to provide different options for families wanting to memorialize their loved ones.

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.

Anthony Horowitz, the prodigiously prolific British author, brings his Susan Ryeland series—or should we call it the Magpie Murders trilogy—to a graceful and emotionally resonant close with Marble ...

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican announced Thursday that Pope Francis's tomb has been crafted from Ligurian marble and bears a simple inscription: Franciscus, his name in Latin, along with a depiction of ...

A simple, marble tomb nestled in a niche of a Roman basilica beloved by Pope Francis will mark the pontiff’s last resting place, the Vatican said on Thursday, releasing an image of the project.

Vatican City (AFP) – A simple, marble tomb nestled in a niche of a Roman basilica beloved by Pope Francis will mark the pontiff's last resting place, the Vatican said on Thursday, releasing an ...

A trove of archaeological artifacts was discovered at the site of a new golf course in the Scottish Highlands, including the remains of an Iron Age chariot and a 3,500-year-old Bronze Age cremation ...

MOILIILI, Hawaii (KHON2) — Police said an arrest has been made in connection to a string of grave site thefts at the Moiliili Japanese Cemetery during the week of April 14. Some said harsher ...

The "Blue Marble" was the first photograph of the whole Earth and the only one ever taken by a human. Fifty years on, new images of the planet reveal visible changes to the Earth's surface.

With increased tariffs of Chinese-manufactured baby products and cremation urns, the costs will extend from the cradle to the grave, so to speak. The Heffner Funeral Chapels & Crematory in ...