a Vatican guesthouse. Unusually, Pope Francis chose to live there throughout his papacy instead of the Apostolic Palace. Once the Sistine Chapel doors close, the words “Extra omnes” (Latin for ...

“When I was in college I asked people, ‘Hey, we all know Latin is a language. Does anybody actually speak it anymore?’ And they told me there was one guy, some guy at the Vatican, who still spoke the ...

Even during the pontificate of St. John Paul II, and while maintaining the 1998 home page, Vatican.va introduced more color ...

or the dynamic Vatican II Council of the 60’s as a valid council? Let’s be clear. Latin is still a highly revered language and deeply entwined with our own, but it was not the language of ...

Leo, the first American and second Latin American pope, celebrated his inaugural Mass at the Vatican after waving to the faithful on the popemobile.

While in the past Latin was the universal language of the church, nowadays not all cardinals understand Latin or even Italian, the lingua franca of the Vatican. Another unknown was the length of the ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, as camerlengo, oversees Vatican affairs. The College of Cardinals, with 135 electors, will convene in a conclave within 20 days to elect a new pope, requiring a two-thirds ...