A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process. These are the need-to-know terms — some of them ...

St. John died in a building behind the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral on Capitol Hill. The room where he died is a ...

What Are the Church's Rites for the Death of a Pope ... and then burning them to produce either the white or black smoke to signal if there's a new leader for the world's 1.3 billion Catholics.

Francis has chosen to be buried in St. Mary Major Basilica, where his favorite icon of the Virgin Mary ... stove at the end of the voting session. Black smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney means no ...

In the papal conclave to elect a new pope, here's a look at what the color of smoke (black or white) means after each vote.

In light of Trump's order, Black churches have rallied behind the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American history ...

African American church leaders are speaking out over budget cuts being proposed by the Trump White House. The Smithsonian ...

Amid the rapid gentrification of central East Austin, historically Black and Hispanic churches ... whiter — and who are less likely to attend church. Most of the churches have already been ...

Turner said he got the idea from the Rev. Otis Moss III of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, whose church also ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, the Catholic Church’s most senior officials will meet to begin discussions on choosing ...

Like a lot of the best Black Mirror episodes, “Eulogy” was daringly sincere and heartfelt, with Giamatti playing a man named Phillip, who learned that an old girlfriend of his named Carol had ...