Vatican City is one of the most iconic and historically significant places on Earth, attracting millions of visitors each year. However, beyond the grand basilicas, magnificent chapels, and renowned ...

Inside Vatican City, the home of Pope Leo, lies a vast collection of Indigenous artifacts and cultural objects that some ...

The 133 cardinal electors sequestered in the Sistine Chapel elected a new pope May 8. The choice was a surprise — ...

Though he was born in Chicago, Leo — then Prevost — spent two decades as a missionary in Peru before being appointed by Pope Francis in 2023 to lead the Vatican’s powerful office that vets ...

VATICAN CITY (AP ... turned 80 in June, so was too old to vote, and his successor, Archbishop Richard Henning, is not a cardinal. The city lacked a direct representative inside the conclave ...

VATICAN CITY, — One hundred and thirty-three ... It was also necessary to give cardinals time to arrive in Rome from all corners of the Earth, and to let them get acquainted before entering ...

Several famous and well-visited locations within Vatican City have been transformed for the conclave. Here’s a map of the key locations ... conclave are 79 years old — some making it under ...

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The last pope buried outside the Vatican was Leo XIII in 1903. Francis’s will stipulated a simple burial “in the earth, without particular decoration”, marked only with his papal name in ...

The last pope buried outside the Vatican was Leo XIII in 1903. Francis’s will stipulated a simple burial “in the earth, without particular decoration”, marked only with his papal name in Latin: ...