The pope, as the head of the worldwide Catholic Church, is instantly recognizable by his flowing robes, ornate headwear, and ...

Following papal tradition, the Gammarelli family, tailors to the Vatican for over two centuries, prepares three robes in ...

Pope Leo XIV came out wearing the traditional garb for a new pope Thursday – a red mozzetta and a stole over a white rochet and his new white cassock – restoring a tradition that Pope Francis ...

The rules and rituals for the election of a new pope say that immediately after his election, he goes into the sacristy of ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, cuts an unmistakable figure in the dark corridors of the ancient, stone patriarchate in this troubled corner of the world. He moves ...

The 133 cardinals from 70 countries will be locked inside the Sistine Chapel, where they will vote in secret and silence, a ...

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

He moves quickly, in long, deliberate strides, the seams of his black cassock billowing like a swimmer’s stroke ahead of his arrival. He was born in Bergamo, northern Italy, but after 35 years ...

On the corner table, a chessboard, six champagne flutes and a corked up bottle of Prosecco. A few feet over, a sound bar and ...

“USA! USA! USA!” chanted a boisterous group of young clergymen dressed in long black cassocks, pogoing in the center of St. Peter’s Square. The square — often a place for calm and prayer ...

He moves quickly, in long, deliberate strides, the seams of his black cassock billowing like a swimmer’s stroke ahead of his arrival. He was born in Bergamo, northern Italy, but after 35 years ...