The atmosphere in the Eternal City was electric.

I don’t think he’s the kind of man who sends coded messages,” Cardinal Michael Czerny says in this exclusive interview with ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A quiet alliance between North and South American cardinals helped elect the first US-born pope.

Odds-makers likely had an easier time 20 years ago, when Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger stepped onto the balcony overlooking St.

“The only smoke that worked out in their favor was the cigar smoke they had at their receptions,” said Christopher White, the ...

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost, was elected 267th pontiff by the College of Cardinals during a papal conclave on ...

The last three pontiffs each chose very different paths between Rome and home.

Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David met with a visiting senior leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on ...

Tens of thousands came to St. Peter’s Square to mark the official start of the pontificate of the first American to lead the ...

The former Cardinal Robert Prevost vowed to work for unity. “I think he will inspire,” said Susan Hanssen, a professor who ...

Journalists look at a photograph of the conclave where late Pope ... President Donald Trump dressed as pope fills the front-page of an Italian newspaper in Rome, Sunday, May 4, 2025.

President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Rome, Italy, to attend the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV tomorrow, Sunday.