The Sistine Chapel has closed to the public so it can be prepared for the conclave, a gathering of cardinals who will elect ...

The earthly remains of most of history’s 266 popes (plus some European royals) are buried in Rome—in dozens of catacombs and ...

Some of the most world's most important Catholic landmarks are set to close themselves off to tourists in the coming days as ...

The Sistine Chapel in the Vatican is to be closed to visitors from Monday due to preparations for the papal conclave, the ...

Today, at 31, he’s an accomplished wildlife filmmaker and lead storyteller behind the upcoming National Geographic series Secrets of the Penguins—on which he worked with Borboroglu ...

Celtic swords, more than 2,000 years old, were found at a necropolis in central France, officials said. V. Georges French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research In central ...

“Malice is always in the eyes of who is looking.’’ The Vatican also unveiled new lighting in the necropolis where popes are buried beneath the main altar, and the addition of stone ramps ...