Hundreds of thousands are expected to pay their respects to Pope Francis as he lies in state at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. In the past, the pope's body was placed on a raised platform ...

With the world's 1.3 billion Catholics now mourning the death of Pope Francis, here is what will happen in the coming days - and how it will affect you if you're planning to travel to Rome, especially ...

The Argentinian pontiff was a powerful progressive voice in world politics, the first Jesuit priest to be spiritual leader of ...

The recent launch of a website dedicated to frescoes in a Maine meeting house has created a new surge of interest in the ...

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

"Maine’s Sistine Chapel" or the South Solon Meeting House, in Waterville, Maine, is covered with 70-year-old fresco murals ...

European monarchs and religious entities had a penchant for erecting massively elaborate and intricately beautiful monuments ...

Most likely, there was an important music position available at the Sistine Chapel and the composer was hoping to win ... the centrepiece of which is a miniature frescoed dome, bedecked with flying ...

It’s been a long time coming but on Saturday, Historic St. Mary’s City will officially open the interior of its reconstructed Brick Chapel. A news release said the “milestone event marks the ...

After the exit of Cardinal Aós Braco from the college of electors, if a conclave were convened today, 136 cardinals would gather in the Sistine Chapel. That is 19 more than in 2013. The current ...

Campbell Chapel A.M.E. Church, a historically significant building in Bluffton, South Carolina, was awarded a $20,000 Historic Preservation Grant. The grant will fund the fabrication of custom windows ...