Francis tenaciously clung to the challenging words of the gospel. We will probably never see another pope born as Jorge Mario ...

Prevost, who was promoted by Francis and has a knack for management and a zeal for missionary work, was a stronger candidate ...

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

First the audience with the tennis superstar Sinner, then the meeting with the athletes from Napoli, and now, Pope Leo XIV ...

Italy has backed President Donald Trump's suggestion the Vatican might mediate talks on negotiating a ceasefire in Ukraine, ...

Photo by Handout / VATICAN MEDIA / AFP Cardinal electors were locked inside the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on Wednesday ... in Latin – shortly after 5.45 Italian time. He then shut the doors of the 15th ...

A word from the editor in chief: Most of our team in Rome is staying quite near the Vatican, in a neighborhood ... process toward the Holy Door of St. Peter’s, praying and singing as they ...

This photo taken and handout on May 7, 2025 by The Vatican Media shows cardinals during a holy mass for the Election of the Roman ... Everybody out” in Latin — and then shut the heavy doors of the ...

Intrigue, fashion, humility, faith—133 cardinal electors have descended on Rome to choose a new pope and their every move and ...

All eyes have turned to Vatican City as the conclave to ... they chant the “Veni Creator Spiritus,” invoking the Holy Spirit’s guidance. Once inside, each cardinal will take an oath to ...

As Catholic cardinals meet to choose a new pope, they will face a big question: Is it time, after three consecutive non-Italian pontiffs, to give the papacy back to the nation that held it for most of ...