This dog-shaped vessel was likely used for pouring wine, oil or blood in ancient rituals in what is now Italy.

One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth ...

The Colosseum in Rome, built during 72-80 A.D., is a great symbol of ancient Roman engineering and gladiatorial combats, with a capacity of 50,000. Built in the 17th century by Emperor Shah Jahan, the ...

Pope Francis challenged the notion of walls that divide a common humanity. New art and activism in San Diego highlight this struggle.

The other day, when Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa received the official summons from the Dean of the College of Cardinals ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88 after a 12-year papacy. The death of the pontiff has set off mourning across the Catholic world and days of ritual at the Vatican.

More than 250,000 people paid their respects to the pontiff at his funeral in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said ...

The pope’s unadorned tomb, marked by a single Latin word — Franciscus — was intended, a cleric said, to reflect a life of ...

New, almost life-size statues discovered in a necropolis in Pompeii. Details about the possible Roman priestess.

Pope Francis was laid to rest in private in St. Mary Major Basilica. Security was tightened in Rome as world leaders attended ...

While Francis’ funeral processions have broken with tradition in a variety of ways — including allowing the public to view ...

The death of Pope Francis, after a very public diminishment, closes a signal chapter in Catholic history with absolutely no ...