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 ...

This period is also called sede vacante – meaning “vacant seat” in Latin. The seat in question is the Holy See – from the Latin Sancta Sedes, meaning “holy chair or seat” – also ...

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

Pope Leo XIV has been known as the “Latin Yankee” in Rome for the decades he worked in Peru, ministering to the dispossessed ...

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 ...