After every two rounds of voting in the Sistine Chapel, the ballots of the cardinals are burned in a special furnace to ...

Pope Francis was laid to rest on Saturday after a funeral mass in Saint Peter’s Square. His tomb is at Saint Mary Major Basilica in Rome, which is known for its history, architecture, and works of art ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share ... to the Rome basilica to see the tomb, forming a long line ...

Fresh finds beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre add hard evidence of a first-century garden and the site’s earlier life ...

Global tributes are being paid after Pope Francis died of a stroke and heart failure on Easter Monday at Casa Santa Marta, a guesthouse at the Vatican.

English medieval churches have a furnishing that is unique to England, the Easter Sepulchre, also known as the Tomb of Christ ...

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is also believed by Christians to house Jesus’s tomb. The idea that Jesus was buried close to the place of his crucifixion comes from the Bible. The Gospel of ...

So much so that tradition from early in church history says Peter was crucified upside down because he felt unworthy to die in the same manner as Jesus. Why would he choose such torture?

Tel Aviv [Israel], April 19 (ANI/TPS): Hamas announced today that the fate of Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander remains unknown, days after the terrorist group claimed that the guard holding ...

Holy Saturday commemorates when Jesus laid in his tomb after his crucifixion, and comes a day before Easter, the holiest day in Christianity. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, located in the Old City ...