As Cardinal Robert Prevost's name was announced, a sound of shock rose up. It was something few people had anticipated — the ...

Pope Leo XIV will appear in public again this Sunday in St Peter's Square. From the balcony of St Peter's Basilica, the first ...

The themes of Pope Leo XIV's speech seemed to suggest he would have continuity with his predecessor Pope Francis.

Remains of a sprawling necropolis (“city of the dead”) hidden under St. Peter’s Basilica were discovered ... Mosaics from the fifth century and a ceiling gilded with gold said to have ...

The ceiling is covered in gilded wood ... Francis will be the first not to be interred in St. Peter’s Basilica since Leo XIII, who died in 1903 and was laid to rest in the Basilica di San ...

Obviously, if you're in Rome you have to visit St Peter's Basilica and when you do head ... because you want to see Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling. It's likely to be busy.

Soon after ballots are distributed, the Cardinals will move on to the first vote and those with more than 20 votes will be ...

The ceiling is covered in gilded wood ... Francis will be the first not to be interred in St. Peter’s Basilica since Leo XIII, who died in 1903 and was laid to rest in the Basilica di San ...