Thomas J Price's 12-foot sculpture of a Black woman in Times Square is inspiring online debates about race and representation ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass this morning following his election, calling on the Church to focus on areas where ...

Popular depictions of Jesus' tomb often show a small, single-chamber burial site—but historical evidence suggests something very different. Scholars argue that first-century rock-cut tombs were ...

American cardinals who voted in the conclave played down the significance of the new pope’s roots in the United States, ...

At the end of each voting round, black smoke means a new pope has not yet to be selected, while white smoke indicates a new ...

Here's how the conclave creates black and white smoke and why the Catholic Church began using them to signal whether a new pope has been elected.

Three former Memphis police officers have been acquitted of state charges, including second-degree murder, in the fatal ...

In the heart of Times Square, a striking new sculpture is sparking debate well beyond the art world. Unveiled in Duffy Square ...

All eyes are on the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, where either black smoke or white smoke will emerge to signal whether a ...

During a Papal Conclave, the world will be watching for white or black smoke from the Vatican's chimney. Here's what it means ...

Jeff Hood, a priest living in North Little Rock, has witnessed nine executions. As a spiritual adviser to men on death row, ...

Pope Francis’s wooden coffin, in which the Argentinian pontiff lies wearing a red chasuble, white mitre and black shoes, ...