After surviving a tornado strike from an upstairs bedroom because they were unable to move their father and husband with MS, an Elkhorn family is eager to move into their new-and-improved home.

The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of its preparations for the the conclave to elect the next ...

The tomb of Pope Francis has opened in St. Mary Major Basilica, allowing visitors to pay their respects to the late leader of ...

Francis choreographed the funeral himself when he revised and simplified the Vatican’s rites and rituals last year.

From the Vatican to South Florida, it’s the final farewell to Pope Francis. Saturday, hundreds of Catholics from Miami-Dade, Broward and beyond gathered to pray and honor the life of Pope Francis ...

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 conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.

With the death of Pope Francis, attention now turns to the selection of his successor. The next pope will be chosen in what is called a “conclave,” a Latin word meaning “a room that can be locked up,” ...

World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful have said farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral that highlighted his ...

World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his ...

Mary Woodward, the chancellor with the Catholic Diocese of Jackson, believes the sunny weather in St. Peter Square during ...