The Basilica of St. Clement in Rome. Credit: Ninfamania / Wikimedia Commons At a time when Christianity was still struggling to consolidate itself against old pagan beliefs, a pope named after a Roman ...

The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to ...

Here are ways to enjoy the warm spring weekend in the greater Orlando area. The St. Johns River Festival of the Arts returns to downtown Sanford April 26-27 with more than 125 artists showing ...

The death of a pope triggers a centuries-old ritual to elect a new one, involving sacred oaths, the piercing of ballots with ...

Pope Francis' funeral details including a full schedule and what to expect from the Novendiali, a nine-day period of mourning ...

After the ballots are pierced, they are burned in a cylindrical stove at the end of the voting session. Black smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney means no decision; white smoke signals the cardinals ...

More than 100 horses from a Roman cavalry unit found in Stuttgart. Credit: Landesamt für Denkmalpflege im Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart / ArchaeoBW Archaeologists from the State Office for Monument ...

According to OpenAI's ChatGPT, the man set to become the next head of the Roman Catholic Church is Cardinal ... The second step is to 'become a servant of God'. Once the five years have passed ...

The first recorded case is that of Pope John II, whose birth name was Mercury, after the Roman god. Considering it inappropriate to bear a pagan name as leader of the Church, he decided to change ...

From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted ... which describe man's fall into sin and the great love of God in sending a Savior. The six geese a-laying stood for the ...