Pope Francis’ death will now set in motion the Catholic church’s elaborate and centuries-old procedure for electing a new ...

In order to make use of those genetic “answers,” however, they need to be rediscovered not only in paintings or musty old feudal inventories ... concentration of Catholic saints: St.

After each round of voting, the ballots are burned. If no Pope has been chosen, a black smoke rises from the chimney and if ...

After 12 years as the spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis died early this morning at the age of 88.

The recent launch of a website dedicated to frescoes in a Maine meeting house has created a new surge of interest in the paintings.