The office of pope, successor of St. Peter, has always been steeped in symbolism. But as popes came and went, one symbol has ...

The body of Pope Francis has been dressed in sacred liturgical vestments and placed in an open wooden coffin for his lying in ...

The death of Pope Francis marks not only the passing of a spiritual leader but the beginning of a symbolic process rooted in ...

Tributes continue to pour for the late Pope Francis as the Vatican announced yesterday that the Pope died of stroke that led ...

Pope Francis, a reformer who rattled the Catholic Church's conservatives and inspired some progressives, has died.

Global tributes pour in for Pope Francis after his death at 88. Leaders from around the world praised his humility, ...

Vatican reveals Catholic head died from stroke, heart failureWorld leaders, yesterday, paid tributes to Pope Francis, leader of the Roman Catholic Church, who passed away, ending the reign of the ...

The Getty Museum has bolstered its collection of Spanish works with a painting by 16th-century master Luis de Morales.

This is Latin for “having had mercy and choosing him” — a phrase that Francis chose as his motto when he was elevated to ...

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process. These are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of news in the coming days.

The Jane Doe, in a lawsuit filed on Sunday in Nevada state court, alleges assault and seeks at least $50 million. Sharpe “violently sexually assaulted and anally raped Plaintiff two different times in ...