The conclave system may seem dramatic, but it was developed after centuries of outside interference and looting.

"Happiness is a way of travel – not a destination". Many authors have echoed this idea, dedicating lines and verses to ...

The region is rich in history and culture, with numerous castles, churches, and medieval villages to explore ... is famous ...

Located inside the quartet of suites known as the Raphael Rooms within the Apostolic Palace, the School of Athens fresco is ... transformed Rome from a hovel of medieval warrens into the Eternal City ...

Bernard, also known as St. Bernard of Menthon, lived from about 1020–1081 in what are now the countries of France, ...

But Bellini calls him out. Every cardinal harbors the ambition to be pope, he says, and has even secretly chosen the papal name by which he would like to be known. Speaking of names: Lawrence’s ...

Ehud Olmert, who served as the Israeli prime minister from 2006 to 2009, and Nasser al-Kidwa, the Palestinian foreign minister from 2005 to 2006, met Pope Francis Oct. 17 in the library of the ...

“The Lateran” takes its name from the family historically associated with land; the complex of buildings on the site was known as the palace ... papal tombs are in the Lateran today. More ...