Or so the joke goes in Rome, where 133 cardinal-electors – the largest group in history – have descended on Vatican City not just to choose ... remains conspicuously empty: the papal apartment.

And because it's so massive and crowded, it's easy to ... go early or go late. The Vatican Museums' official site does offer some tours, but not the early- and late-hour tours; these are run ...

(Credit: CNS photo/Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – Christianity, of course, is founded on the discovery of an empty tomb ... case of familiarity breeding, if not exactly contempt, at least ...