With a record number of electors and not enough rooms to accommodate them, the Vatican’s highly secretive conclave is off to ...

Experts say the process requires "two custom fireworks", smoke test rehearsals and Vatican firefighters on standby.

The building also has a large meeting room, a variety of small sitting rooms and a dining room. On the ground floor there is a main chapel, the triangle-shaped Chapel of the Holy Spirit, but there ...

The pope’s burial site, at his request, is the Basilica of St. Mary Major, one of the four papal basilicas in Rome. He joins ...

The lower exterior of the chapel abounds with textile blocks holding rows of small tiles in solid colors ... Wright’s most beloved designs were for private residences, the buildings at Florida ...

Indonesian architecture studio RAD+ar has completed Sanctuary Tunnel Garden, a religious retreat nestled inside a concrete exoskeleton in West Java, Indonesia. Built for a private client, the ...

A small private chapel and Mozarabic mosaic walls add to its unique character. The flagship Suite Marquesa, once the private quarters of the Marchioness of Nervión, offers an immersive journey ...

Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century church in Rome dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

The Pope was buried in a private ceremony in Santa Maria Maggiore ... is located in the church's Pauline Chapel, which was "beloved" by Francis, according to the Vatican. As the day drew to ...

After Pope Francis' funeral, the Catholic Church shifts focus to the conclave, where cardinals will elect the next pope. This ...