Between the excitement over Pope Leo XIV and the Jubilee celebrations, Rome is the place to be this summer. The travel ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A quiet alliance between North and South American cardinals helped elect the first US-born pope.

Although it is the official residence, Pope Francis does not reside in the Apostolic Palace and chooses the papal apartment instead ...

(AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke was pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new ...

News Corp European correspondent Sophie Elsworth comments on her experience in the Vatican City during the election and ...

The Vatican said some 200,000 people attended the Mass at St. Peter’s Square, which marked the start of the pontificate of ...

The White House announced on Thursday that Vice President JD Vance will travel to Vatican City to attend the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV this weekend. Vance will lead a U.S. delegation that ...

After Chicago native Pope Leo XIV made history as the first American elected pontiff, the Rev. Homero Sánchez sent him a quick text saying, “Congratulations Holy Pope.” The priest from St. Rita of ...

The Modality for Choosing a Pope The election of a Pope, known as the papal conclave, is one of the most solemn and secretive ...

Arlene and I have been blessed to have had many “once-in-a-lifetime” experiences. But aside from marriage, baptism and ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, is vowing to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a sign of peace ...