The new Pope has yet to address the masses, but a massive crowd is forming at Saint Peter's Basilica in the ... years in the 13th century, when Pope Gregory X was elected. Conversely, the shortest ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a sign of peace in the world, offering a message of communion during an inaugural Mass ...

The keys to heavenBeneath Michelangelo’s great dome, the high altar of the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome is covered ... where in the city the bodies of Saint Peter and Paul are located, or ...