Pope St. John Paul II could well be called the "apostle of life." He spent his entire pontificate boldly proclaiming the ...

Aides are still planning for the King and Queen to have an audience with Pope Francis despite remaining seriously ill with ...

For the first time, the king will also visit the Papal Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, which, the palace said, had a ...

The exhibition runs through May 28 and features 25 sketches he made while planning designs for his fresco on the ceiling and altar of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. It’s the type of art ...

One by one, they approach the altar and say ... around the world - to see smoke emerging from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel after each voting round. Black smoke means no decision has ...

They approach the altar one by one and say ... The furnaces used to burn ballots are seen in the Sistine Chapel prior to the 2005 conclave that saw Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger elected as Pope ...

On the day of voting, the Sistine Chapel, with its famed ceiling painted by Michelangelo ... writing their name on a ballot and placing it in a chalice atop the altar. If no candidate receives the ...

Due to its undisclosed nature, the Sistine Chapel or the place of the election ... candidates by writing the names on a ballot and placing it in a chalice on the altar. Once the counting ballot system ...

She cuts up raw vegetables for him and arranges them so they are “colourful and joyful,” whatever that means, and he obliges with a reaction that suggests he’s viewing the Sistine Chapel for ...

They proceed to the altar individually ... the master of liturgical ceremonies enters the Sistine Chapel, and the senior cardinal inquires: "Do you accept your canonical election as Supreme ...