In the liturgical calendar of the Armenian Apostolic Church, the fourth Sunday following Easter is known as Red Sunday.

If you have never seen the uniforms of the Vatican’s Swiss Guard — personal bodyguards to the pope — imagine that St. Peter’s ...

There is no rule that cardinals electing a new pope vote a certain way according to their nationality or region. But ...

The papal conclave will take place as usual in the hallowed space of the Sistine Chapel. What is the history of this famous ...

Cardinals will gather Wednesday afternoon to elect a successor to Pope Francis. The conclave is a closed-door meeting of the cardinal electors to choose the new pope in the Sistine Chapel.

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began centuries-old ...

Cardinals have no contact with the outside world after the master of liturgical ceremonies utters ... Only cardinals under age 80 are eligible to vote. Current regulations notionally limit the ...

A priest reacts as Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who has chosen the papal name Leo XIV, appears on the central ...

Guido Marini explained that the distinct ancient liturgical ornaments and vestments being used by Pope Benedict XVI underscore “the continuity of the current liturgical celebration with that ...

During Eastertime – the current liturgical season, spanning 50 days from Easter Sunday to Pentecost – the prayer is substituted with another devotion to Mary, the Regina Coeli (also spelled ...

And yet conservatives and traditionalist Catholics are cautiously optimistic over the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, ...