This is known as ‘the fall’. By eating from the tree, Christians believe Adam and Eve, and all humanity who came after them, would have knowledge of evil and would be corrupted by it.

VATICAN CITY — Red curtains are hung on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica. The Sistine Chapel is furnished with tables, ballots, pens, and vote-counting equipment. The Room of Tears is ...

(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church. That means the ...

VATICAN CITY — (AP) — Vatican workers installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the conclave to elect a new pope and began taking measures to block ...