where she received a commission from Philip IV of Spain to paint a companion piece to Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck’s Discovery of Achilles. Two years later, fleeing the plague of 1630 ...

The death of Pope Francis on Monday initiated a ... of the Roman Pontiff – allows the pope’s body to be placed in St. Peter’s Basilica for public viewing and skips the private viewing ...

Even before the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica began tolling to mark Francis’ death, messages of tribute began pouring in from across the world. Catholic and non-Catholic leaders alike ...

Father Hans Kreuwels reflects on Pope Francis at St. Peter's Square following the pontiff's death, Monday ... was praying at the tomb of St. John Paul II — a personal hero of his — when ...

St. John Paul ... The death of a pope begins a precise sequence of events that include the confirmation of death in the pontiff’s home, the transfer of the coffin to St. Peter’s Basilica ...

Mike Guillen/NY Post Design Dr. Andrea Arcangeli, head of the Vatican’s health department, revealed the pontiff’s official cause of death and noted that in addition to the cerebral stroke ...

Cardinal Edgar PeÒa Parra, and Vatican Master of Ceremonies, Archbisop Diego Giovanni Ravelli, announces the death of Pope Francis at the Vatican. (Vatican Media via AP) ...

has been postponed due to the death Monday of Pope Francis, the Vatican announced. Acutis was to be canonized next Sunday in St. Peter's Square on the occasion of the Jubilee celebration for ...