It was the mounting rage of citizens in Viterbo, a small town north of Rome, that ended the longest papal election in the ...

The Giro d’Italia will pay homage to the late Pope Francis by passing through the Vatican gardens behind St. Peter’s Basilica and in front of the Santa Marta hotel — where Francis lived — during the ...

People have been left stunned after seeing what the late pontiff's bedroom looked like and why he chose to live that way.

NPR secured one of the last public tours of the Sistine Chapel before it closes for the Catholic Church's upcoming conclave to select the next pope.

The coffin of Pope Francis was sealed in St. Peter's Basilica on Friday evening, ahead of the funeral on Saturday. A changing ...

The late Pope Francis continued his legacy as an open-armed trailblazer by opening the sacred portal of the Vatican and dying ...

When Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected pope in 2013, he chose not to move into the papal apartments in the Apostolic Palace, ...

The Sistine Chapel, nestled deep within Vatican City's guarded walls, is instantly recognized for Michelangelo's artistic ...

Keep reading to find out why… The Apostolic Palace may be the official residence for any Pope ... it is due to be moved to St ...

Pope Francis died of a stroke, causing a coma and “irreversible” heart failure, according to his death certificate released by the Vatican on ... unadorned tomb inside his beloved Roman ...

Vatican officials sealed the doors to the papal apartments in the Apostolic Palace using a red ribbon ... for the Roman Catholic Church Jubilee. Inside, a trio of older Italians reflected on ...

Pope Francis's death has ushered in a period of mourning within the Vatican and set in motion the ancient process of selecting a new pope. As per the tradition, cardinals will gather under ...