In addition to the white smoke, the ringing of the bells of St Peter's Basilica serves as an audible confirmation that a new ...

From the famous towers of San Gimignano and charming Pienza to Greve in the wine-making region of Chianti, there are plenty ...

Plans call for the two long-closed historic structures to be replaced by an ultra-luxury, 17-story Casa Cipriani condo, hotel and private club.

Prince Borivoj of the Premyslid Dynasty (probably) started building Prague Castle in AD 880, and over the centuries various ...

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the ...

Pope Francis said that for his spiritual message to be credible, the Vatican’s finances had to be credible as well.

The word itself predates Christianity, but the conclave with its secretive deliberations and ancient trappings still captures ...

American flags are at half-staff in Michigan in honor of Pope Francis, who died April 21, 2025, at 88 years old. Here's what to know.

With St. Peter’s, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, it is one of four basilicas in Rome granted special status by ...

The world is mourning Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday aged 88 from a cerebral stroke and subsequent heart failure.

This is the closed-door meeting of the cardinal electors to choose the new pope in the Sistine Chapel. Its name, literally ...