Other cultural sites have also been steadily shutting down to visitors as the Vatican marks the death of Pope Francis ...

From the outside, it looks like any other New England church building: a boxy, white structure with a single steeple ...

The South Solon Meeting House has a secret unknown even to some who drive through the tiny Maine town every day.

Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next ...

World leaders arriving to pay respects at historic Vatican ceremony - More than 200,000 people are expected to attend the ...

Black smoke streamed from the Sistine Chapel's chimney to signal that cardinals failed to select a new Pope in their first ...

Speculation surrounding a conclave to elect a pope is a time-honored tradition. But for the impending conclave following the ...

Even though cardinals don’t campaign for the job, there are always front-runners going into a conclave to choose the next ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is being laid to rest Saturday in a ceremony reflecting his priorities as pope and wishes as ...

In the wake of Pope Francis' death, viewership has spiked for "Conclave," about the choosing of a new pope. Two experts tell ...

Here’s a (non-exhaustive) look at what “Conclave” gets wrong — and gets right — about the process of electing a new pope: ...

Francis did away with that sort of viewing. Instead, a procession brought his coffin on Wednesday directly to St. Peter’s ...