In 2012, a year before Francis became Pope, the European-based Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (Moneyval), had issued a 241 ...

I still cannot quite believe that there is an American pope. Two hundred and sixty-seven men have served as the bishop of Rome over the last two thousand years. There have been Medici popes and ...

Thursday (May 8) marks the second day of the conclave, a secret process where Catholic cardinals gather to elect a new pope. Two days in, and three votes have already taken place with black smoke ...

White smoke means a new pope has been elected. White smoke is used only when a pope has been selected. Special chemicals are added to make the smoke extra bright and unmistakable. Once it rises ...

Shortly before his death, he used nearly all the money he had left, some €200,000 ($225,000), to pay down the mortgage on a pasta factory that operates in a juvenile prison in Rome.

Simone D'Alessio, an architect who lives just two kilometers from the Vatican, is one of the players who loves the game. He says all people in Rome can talk about is the selection of the pope.