After Pope Francis’ funeral, 135 cardinals will gather for a conclave to elect a new pope. The traditions include oaths of ...

Pope Francis died on Monday at the age of 88. His funeral will take place in St. Peter’s Square today before his body is ...

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 ...

Pope Francis died on Monday at the age of 88. Fans and supporters will be able to see him in St. Peter’s Basilica from Wednesday to Saturday, when his funeral is scheduled.

On Tuesday evening, hordes of students flocked to the Salomon Center for Brown Lecture Board’s spring event — a conversation ...

Twelve years on, I will remember Pope Francis’ pontificate for reminding us that mercy is the true face of love. Two years into his papacy, Francis announced the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, with ...

That premise of a killer Santa would help it become a cult classic, while also getting it pulled from theaters quickly due to outcry about its mature seasonal subject matter. The Silent Night ...

As an archaeologist, I understand that the darkened layer left when fire sweeps through a city draws a sharp line in time ...

Getty Images photographer Mario Tama began documenting the L.A. fires on the day they broke out—and continues to capture ...

Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times Some mourners had spent the night sleeping in the streets ... Wisps of smoke emerge from a chimney above the Sistine Chapel, and onlookers who gather outside ...