Long lines stretch across the Vatican as thousands of mourners await their turn to pay respects to Pope Francis, whose body ...

The Vatican subsequently released Pope Francis’ testament, dated June 29, 2022, confirming that he wished to be buried in the ...

The body of Pope Francis is lying in state in St. Peter’s Basilica, where it will remain for three days until his funeral ...

We've asked Helen Bond FRSE Professor of Christian Origins and New Testament at The University of Edinburgh to answer the ...

Before mourners in their thousands gather in St. Peter’s Square to grieve, before leaders from around the world arrive to pay ...

Archaeologists uncovered hidden inscriptions and graffiti left by medieval pilgrims on the walls of the Cenacle, the site of ...

The Bible doesn’t describe Jesus being nailed to a cross. Telling the story of Christ’s death, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John simply say that Roman soldiers crucified him. They don’t say how. Each of ...

With St. Peter’s, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, it is one of four basilicas in Rome granted special status by ...

Drew Forrest uses one of South Africa’s most important hominid discoveries to debate the paradoxes and contradictions ...

The sprawling 12th century basilica is built on the site where, according to tradition, Jesus was crucified and buried. The ...

PEERING back 2,000 years to the age of Jesus isn’t exactly easy – but rare objects from those times solve the mystery of what ...

The traditional location of Jesus Christ's tomb is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. But does the historical evidence support this tradition?