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White smoke from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signaled that the cardinals have selected the next leader of the Catholic ...
This past week, the whole world tuned into the Papal conclave, wherein the next leader of the Catholic Church or the vicar of ...
Pope Francis died on April 21, 2025. Many world leaders are expected to attend his funeral in Vatican City, including ...
The two clerics met in South America, and when Francis needed to fill an important job at the Vatican, he knew where to turn.
A papal conclave is set to begin in Vatican City starting May 7, during which cardinals from around the world will elect the ...
As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was announced as the next pope, becoming the first American leader of the Catholic Church, ...
All 133 cardinals eligible to elect Pope Francis’s successor have arrived in Rome for the conclave. They will take their ...
The bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled to mark the end of the funeral of Pope Francis in Vatican City, where throngs of mourners had gathered to give a final send-off to a pontiff who was celebrated ...
Cardinal Robert Prevost, who will become Pope Leo XIV, appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica after the conclave ...
“The original idea was to have Francis signal the start of the last stage to promote the Vatican and the Eternal City ...
The new pope said he would be guided by a key document that his predecessor wrote listing the church’s priorities, including ...