Cardinals from across the world have begun gathering in the Vatican for the conclave, a secret set of votes in the Sistine ...

In a workshop that's a stone's throw from St. Peter's Basilica, 86-year-old Raniero Mancinelli has been sewing cassocks for ...

On display until May 11, the relic has drawn intense devotion, particularly following the recent death of Pope Francis.

The conclave that begins Wednesday to elect a successor for Pope Francis is the first in 46 ½ years for which the Vatican ...

The message that shone through Francis’s provisions for his departure was that the true place of his church was on the ...

Re called Francis “a pope among the people, with an open heart towards everyone.” He recalled the last image many people have ...

The Getty Museum has bolstered its collection of Spanish works with a painting by 16th-century master Luis de Morales.

Cardinals are getting ready to vote on who the next pope will be, but some have noticed that they seem to be wearing both ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

In imitation of Jupiter, he painted his face red. Alongside him his soldiers sang bawdy songs ... It is not incidental that Jesus was born at the very height of Roman power. The entire message of the ...

The anguish of God was amply displayed by the three hours of darkness preceding Jesus’s expiration and by the tearing of the Temple veil. Previously, the High Priest tore his robes at the ...

It depicts a visibly pained figure of Christ in a pale red robe against a black backdrop, tears running from his eyes and blood dripping down his brow from where the crown of thorns once sat ...