America’s leading Catholic poet offers a stunning new verse translation of a play once read by Dante and forgotten by most — ...

The papal conclave will commence in May, when the cardinals will meet at St. Peter's Basilica and pray for the wisdom to ...

The Sistine Chapel has closed to the public so it can be prepared for the conclave, a gathering of cardinals who will elect ...

From the majestic art to the white smoke, here's what to know about the Sistine Chapel, the sacred site of the conclave.

As the faithful across the globe mourned the life of Pope Francis last week, the focus now shifts to selecting the 267th pope ...

Have you ever gazed at a woven basket, a painted rock, or a beaded garment and felt a strange sense of harmony—like the ...

In today’s newsletter, the ritualistic sights and scenes at Pope Francis’s funeral. Plus: I watched the funeral for Pope ...

St. John died in a building behind the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral on Capitol Hill. The room where he died is a ...

As the world mourns the death of Pope Francis, the Roman Catholic College of Cardinals is preparing to begin the sacred ...

After 12 years as the spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis died early this morning at the age of 88.

Leonardo da Vinci, the brilliant painter and sculptor of the Italian Renaissance, gave the world one of the most influential ...

Louise Solecki Weir, who has spent more than a year in her Vancouver studio creating a larger-than-life-size sculpture of ...