More than 250,000 people paid their respects to the pontiff at his funeral in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said ...

Around 40 people — homeless, prisoners, migrants and transgender people — will salute the pope holding a white rose, just ...

The earthly remains of most of history’s 266 popes (plus some European royals) are buried in Rome—in dozens of catacombs and ...

ROME — Pope Francis will be the first pontiff in more than a century to be buried outside the Vatican Grottoes. After his ...

Pope Francis’ tomb is made of Ligurian (Italian) marble with the sole inscription “FRANCISCUS” and a reproduction of his ...

From the location of the “place of skulls” to ancient Jewish burial rites, here’s what archaeologists do—and don’t—know about the truth behind the Easter story.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy made a splash at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) in Kings Point, New York, during a speech last week when he called for a painting of Jesus to be ...

I protect myself. I tell myself this is just the way things are. How many of us are walking around, trying to follow Jesus, but deep down — we’re not sure the tomb is actually empty? Because let’s be ...

Based on John 20:1–10, the painting portrays the two running in the direction of the empty tomb of Jesus (v. 4). The masterpiece captures the intensity of the two emotionally conflicted disciples.

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem. Credit: Gerd Eichmann / CC BY-SA 4.0 An excavation at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem uncovered evidence that might confirm the Bible story that ...

Over the last several articles, we have looked at the popularity of hallucination theories as a possible explanation of what happened to Jesus after ... of how the empty tomb was discovered ...