Many sites associated with past popes have become museums or holy destinations for the faithful. But Pope Leo XIV’s childhood ...

Many sites associated with past popes have become museums or holy destinations for the faithful. But Pope Leo XIV’s childhood ...

More than 130 cardinals will be sequestered in the Sistine Chapel to elect the Catholic Church's 267th pontiff after Pope ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the ...

As the sun set over the Vatican, black smoke rose from the temporary chimney of the Sistine Chapel over thousands of faithful gathered in St Peter's Square. A new pope has not yet been elected.

Researchers discovered that a 1746 Austrian mummy was embalmed with wood chips and zinc chloride, preserving internal tissues ...

The luxurious Grove of Narberth hotel makes the perfect base for Caroline Bullough's outdoorsy trip to the Welsh coast ...

The wooden churches of Chiloé stand as a landmark of this archipelago in this southern Latin American nation. Built in the 18th, 19th and early 20th century, they survive amid restoration challenges ...

After disasters like the Los Angeles wildfires one of the best ways for architects to help is by designing prototypes, write ...

Neighborhood association leaders in Colorado Springs, many of them members of the Historic Neighborhoods Partnership (HNP), ...

With its gloriously colourful and wonky beamed houses, including more than 300 listed buildings, Lavenham is frequently described as Britain’s best-preserved medieval village. It's on our doorstep but ...