After being closed for several days, on Sunday, Jan. 8, the Vatican crypt reopened to the public. The coffin of Pope Benedict XVI is prepared for interment in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica on Jan.

Thousands of bones have been unearthed in two ossuaries discovered in the Vatican City, as part of an ongoing search for clues into the disappearance of a 15-year-old girl more than three decades ago.

Before the ceremony on Nov. 22, the prize recipients took part in a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Georg Gänswein in the Vatican crypts close to the tomb of Benedict XVI. The Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict ...

After the Vatican agreed for forensic investigators to open the tombs on July 11, no human remains nor traces of coffins were found. The Vatican indicated that the remains of the princesses may have ...