Top-ranked Jannik Sinner visited the new pope on Wednesday, gave him a tennis racket and offered to play, during an off day ...

Meanwhile, residents of nearby Paete, a town of 25,000 people, pushed life-size images of Christ and saints during an evening procession around small roads on Holy Wednesday. The following day ...

Francis delegated to two cardinals his role in presiding over this weekend's Easter masses, The Vatican Press Office said on Wednesday.

The election for a new pope continues as black smoke above the Sistine Chapel signals that the cardinals have cast their ...

Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Pope Francis' body lies in state in St. Peter's Basilica, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. Credit: Vatican Media The Holy Father's body lies in state in St. Peter's Basilica ...

In the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, the cardinals will call to the Holy Spirit with different images. “Living fountain, fire, love … finger of the Father’s right hand,” the prayer reads in ...