Intrigue, fashion, humility, faith—133 cardinal electors have descended on Rome to choose a new pope and their every move and ...

It would be hard to interact with a Black family here that doesn’t have a similar history to the pope’s as part of their family story, said the Rev. David Jones, a priest at St. Benedict the ...

Prior to this it is likely that a new pope was simply announced from the loggia (central balcony) of St ... Benedict XV was elected in 1914. The use of chemicals to ensure either black or white ...

Speculation swirled that the throne of St. Peter ... the simple white robes and black shoes of Francis, or return to the bling-y red slippers and red velvet mozzetta favored by Benedict?

(Yara Nardi/Reuters) People fill St ... burned. Black smoke means no pope has been chosen. White smoke means the opposite. The previous two conclaves — held in 2005 to elect Pope Benedict ...

Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the 2,000-year ...

It might seem silly to fuss over the pope’s image ... of St. Peter’s Basilica on Thursday, one message was immediately clear — Leo values tradition. He appeared in the same white cassock ...

“We take all the measurements and do the math to get it right – then we cross our ... the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica, he wears a hand-stitched light wool skirt, a white robe, a silk ...

The crowd in St. Peter's Square erupted in cheers, priests made the sign of the cross and nuns wept ... emitted signals the result: black smoke means no decision; white smoke, that a new pope ...

A narrow, white band with six black crosses—this is the pallium. Made from the wool of sheep blessed during the feast of St. Agnes ... since the pontificate of Benedict XVI, the pallium has ...

High-minded and scandal-prone, a foe of marriage who dreamed of domesticity, Fuller radiated a charisma that helped ignite ...