The pope spoke at the symposium “Nicaea and the Church of the Third Millennium: Towards Catholic-Orthodox Unity,” which took ...

Leo's message contrasts sharply with Trump's vow to deport millions of undocumented immigrants. The late Pope Francis also clashed with Trump over immigration, once saying the president was "not ...

Pope Francis passed away at age 88 due to health issues. A friend of mine, Jordan Cook, along with 24 pilgrims from St.

One of the greatest challenges facing Pope Leo XIV is financial. He has inherited the Holy See’s chronic, 50 million to 60 ...

The Vatican doesn’t tax its residents or issue bonds. It primarily finances the Catholic Church's central government through ...

The ancient Roman burial ground had been untouched for some 1,600 years and lies at depths of as much as 35 feet beneath a network of underground passageways called the Vatican Grottoes.

A view of the central balcony of St Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) According to tradition, Peter traveled to Rome to spread the Christian ...

All 133 cardinals who will vote to elect Francis’ successor have already arrived in Rome, the Vatican confirmed on Monday. For centuries, the leader of the Catholic Church has been chosen in a ...

Francis is buried in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome. LONDON and ROME -- The Vatican released photos of the tomb of Pope Francis, who was buried on Saturday in the Basilica of St. Mary ...

A private ceremony to lay Pope Francis to rest has finished at Rome’s St. Mary Major Basilica, the Vatican has said in a Telegram statement. Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Farrell presided over the ...

Pope Francis chose to be buried outside the Vatican at the Basilica of St. Mary Major (Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, where he often went to pray during his papacy. Seven earlier popes are buried ...

(Christopher Furlong/Getty) Pope Francis's funeral procession motorcade, departed from the Vatican, passes by the Colosseum in Rome on April 26, 2025. (Gianni Cipriano/The New York Times ...