The Chicago-born pontiff—the new spiritual leader of 1.3 billion Catholics and the proprietor in trust of the great art and ...

Mistakes were made, apparently. ‘Woe be unto the person who decided to do it the way that they did it,’ one expert says.

If there was one Renaissance man involved in the Easter ... He became a romantic icon with his marriage to Grace Gifford just hours before he was executed. He was also the youngest signatory ...

Leo is now tied for the fourth most common name chosen by popes, along with Clement. Only John, Gregory and Benedict have ...

Black smoke has emerged from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, indicating that a new pope has not been elected.

His soothing ASMR-style videos, which capture the quiet and careful preparation for Catholic Mass, have struck a chord with millions, offering a peaceful moment of spirituality in the online world.

Vatican technicians are securing what on Wednesday will arguably become the world's most beautiful bunker, making sure that ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals ...

Leo XIII is remembered as a pope of Catholic social teaching ... Their meeting was rendered in a 1514 painting by Raphael. The Renaissance work is now displayed in the Vatican’s Apostolic ...

Vatican gendarmes and plainclothes Swiss Guards will escort buses that will take cardinals between the residence and the ...

The Sistine Chapel has witnessed every papal election since 1492 with only five exceptions, and it is preparing to once again ...