Archaeologists working at the Cueva de Sangre site in Guatemala have discovered an unusual ancient Maya ritual.

The cardinals will participate in four rounds of voting every day until a candidate achieves a two-thirds majority. The ...

The Vatican conclave will continue on Thursday with more voting. A two-thirds majority of the 133 cardinals is required to select a new leader for the world’s 1.4 billion Roman Catholics.

Ancient Egyptian coffins and tombs decorated with starry paintings indicate that the sky goddess Nut was linked to the Milky ...

JS: Well, in some ways, this is an image that is an insult to life itself. But that’s not really because of the image. It’s ...

Texas artist Michael Tracy died in 2024. The McNay Art Museum in San Antonio has staged a right-sized exhibit of his potent ...

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

He and his wife, Crecencia López, don't know who the next pope will be, but they hope he's someone who shares Francis' ...

Carrie Daniels Sanger/Instagram A woman fell to her death while on a hike with her family in Sutton, Mass., on Wednesday, April 23, per a Sutton Police Department (SPD) news release. Carolyn ...

Boise, Idaho (AP) — A judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors can pursue the death penalty against Bryan Kohberger if he is convicted of murdering four University of Idaho students in 2022 ...

High-ranking heads of state and Catholic bishops in China have remained notably silent following the death of Pope Francis, while reactions from political and religious leaders across the globe ...

It was placed in front of the Altar of the Confession there and a choir chanted the Litany of the Saints in Latin for the repose of Pope Francis’s soul. [ The Maga Catholics trying to take back ...