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.

St. Peter’s Basilica, where Pope Francis’s funeral ... The Sistine Chapel, home to Michaelangelo’s famous ceiling frescoes, is located inside the Apolstolic Palace. The Sistine Chapel ...

Pope Francis’ coffin will be sealed during a liturgical rite held in St Peter’s Basilica on Friday at 8 am, Vatican News has reported. This will be done ahead of the papal funeral on Saturday, April ...

The secretive process will get underway at the Vatican to find a new leader of the Catholic Church.

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 ...

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

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

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 ...