They were getting crosses, images of the Virgin Mary, the name of Jesus, and some sentences from the Bible. Following the Renaissance, however, European culture came to associate tattoos with those ...

saying he wanted to be near his favorite icon of the Virgin Mary, the Salus Populi Romani, a Byzantine-style painting of the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism ...

The Vatican said Francis died of a cerebral stroke that put him into a coma and led to irreversible heart failure.

In his final will, Francis confirmed he will be buried in St. Mary Major Basilica in a simple underground tomb with only “Franciscus” written on it. The basilica, which sits outside the Vatican, is ...

In his final will, Francis confirmed he will be buried in St. Mary Major Basilica in a simple underground tomb with only “Franciscus” written on it. The basilica, which sits outside the Vatican, is ...

The basilica, which sits outside the Vatican, is home to Francis’ favorite icon of the Virgin Mary, to whom Francis ... with Francis’ radical focus on Jesus’ message of mercy and inclusion ...

In his final will, Francis confirmed he will be buried in St. Mary Major Basilica in a simple underground tomb with only ...