This post was updated Feb. 27 at 7:24 p.m. Lisy Christl faithfully brought Vatican vestiges to the silver screen. Edward ...

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The pope's death will automatically trigger a nine-day mourning period known as the Novendiale. Daily prayers and requiem ...

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The death of a pope, the spiritual leader of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics, propels the Holy Roman Church into "its most dramatic moment of flux", said The New York Times. For that very reason ...

In this special expanded Oscar edition of Sunday Best, let’s take a look at the nominees in my favorite category: costume ...

The process of electing a new pope follows rules and rituals that have been followed, and sometimes tweaked, since the 13th century — when cardinals were first sequestered to prevent any outside ...