The death of a pope is a profound and significant event, deeply rooted in tradition and symbolism. Even as Pope Francis sought a simpler, more humble papacy compared to his predecessors, his departure ...

The U.K. artist combines high-speed imaging, 3-D printing, and ancient casting techniques to sculpt racing legends. For ...

St. Mary Major, which lies outside of the Vatican in Rome proper, is home to the Salus Populi Romani, an ancient Byzantine ... closed with red ribbon and a wax seal. White smoke indicates that ...

Wily humans concocted ways to preserve this seasonal surplus — hard-boiling, pickling, soaking in quicklime or perhaps dipping them in a coating of wax to seal them off from air. We got baroque ...

I consider myself an enthusiastic Canadian. I have an Inuit sculpture collection that I personally purchased while visiting ...

This was the office of Salem Abdullah, archaeological director of the ancient city of Assur ... with dried mud settled like candle wax around the base. “Only a fraction of all this has ...

The Vatican is finalising preparations for Pope Francis’s funeral, scheduled for Saturday in St Peter’s Square, following his death at 88 on Monday from pneumonia. Tens of thousands have paid their ...

“I wish that my last earthly journey conclude in this very ancient Marian sanctuary ... Farrell will have directed the sealing of the pope’s apartments with a red ribbon, wax and a Vatican ...