And they will determine whether the adage "fat pope, thin pope" holds true or whether the next leader of the Catholic Church ...

Pastor of former OKC First Church of the Nazarene and a denomination leader each discuss what led to church's vote to cut ...

The Swiss Guard, the pope’s iconic bodyguards, look ceremonial but in the pageantry of the Renaissance-style uniform lies the ...

Becoming pope was a big deal for a cardinal and his family. Leading candidates known as papabili (pope-ables) began ...

In Rome, excavators unearthed a weathered stone head, potentially depicting an ancient deity, beneath the Basilica of St.

But papal betting has a long history. Roman banking houses were taking bets as far back as 1503. Alessandro Damasceni Peretti ...

Inverness is the gateway to the Highlands, a rugged, windswept region of northwest Scotland. The small but thriving city, one ...

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

Byzantine architecture has had a profound influence across the world, including in the Balkans, Middle East, and North ...

The secret vote that elected Pope Gregory X lasted from November 1268 to September 1271. It was the first example of a papal ...

Inverness is the gateway to the Highlands, a rugged, windswept region of northwest Scotland. The small but thriving city, one ...