The College of Cardinals, comprised of senior Catholic clergy – many appointed by Francis himself – will elect the next pope.

Pope Francis has died, aged 88, the Vatican has announced, a day after appearing at St Peter’s on Easter Sunday and meeting ...

The recently restored Ponte Sant’Angelo in Rome features 10 angels holding symbols of Christ’s passion, creating a profound ...

Ayala's homily echoed an opinion piece he wrote last week for the archdiocesan newspaper saying immigrant communities in the ...

If I told you that I visited Notre-Dame de Paris in March of this year and that, while there, I had begun to get this strange ...

When Giovanni Torlonia and his son Alessandro were building the collection, it was common practice to repair ancient statuary ...

When digging through the rubble of an ancient church foundation, archaeologists found something unexpected. As crews in Rome ...

If there’s one place where interest in William McKinley has remained unwavering, it's in the 25th president's native northeast Ohio. In Canton, where McKinley spent most of his adult life, ...

An ancient carved stone head, possibly of a Roman god or philosopher, was uncovered beneath a 5th-century church in Rome, ...

Archaeologists excavating an area near Ramesseum Temple found several ancient tombs with canopic jars and hundreds of statues, photos show. Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto Standing in front ...