Pope Francis is breaking with tradition when it comes to where he will be laid to rest – choosing a light-filled basilica ...

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

More than 90,000 mourners waited hours to pay their respects to Pope Francis. It comes as the Vatican releases the first image of what the pontiff’s tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica will look like.

AN ISRAELI military inquiry into the killing of 15 emergency workers in Gaza last month ( News, 2 April) concluded on Sunday ...

The conclave to select the next pontiff has not started yet, but meetings to set the agenda were underway, and the church released the first image of Francis’ tomb.

According to the New Testament, Jesus was buried in a new tomb out of rock. (Matthew 27:60, Mark 15:46; Luke 23:53) in a garden near the crucifixion site (John 19:41), just outside the city (John ...

In his final words before departing Jerusalem for the Vatican where he will participate in his first conclave, Latin Patriarch Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa urged the faithful of his diocese to be ...

I made a life-changing pilgrimage to the Holy Land with my order, the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem. I ...

Hundreds gather at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for prayers for the late pontiff led by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, ...

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