The excavation revealed a cemetery, with about half of the skeletons found in burial vaults associated with the medieval ...

The reason why the Swiss Guard the pope has to do with a tradition that started hundreds of years ago, and it's still honored ...

Two new art exhibits Knights in Armor the Pavia Tapestries and Art Deco painter Tamara de Lempicka now open at Museum of Fine ...

He vowed to place less emphasis on "small-minded rules" or the "disjointed multitude of doctrines" and more on the "endless possibilities of grace." ...

Pope Benedict XVI was installed as the 265th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on April 24, 2005, becoming the first German ...

The death of Pope Francis has brought the documentary series ‘Habemus Papam: A History of Power’ back into the spotlight. One ...

Exploring the places linking the successful woman artist Artemisia Gentileschi and writer Anna Banti who devoted a novel to ...

As landscapers dug up on old concrete driveway, they never imagined that underneath would be a deadly arsenal treasure trove.

Bells rang out as the Pope's coffin was carried across St Peter's Square to lie in state ahead of the funeral on Saturday.

Fears of a “generosity crisis” have dogged nonprofit fundraisers for much of this century as they experienced precipitous ...

A change in popes is a complicated process. Here are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of ...

In the year that marks 110 years since the Gallipoli landings, funnyman turned professor Steve Vizard examines our ANZAC ...