Speculation swirled that the throne of St. Peter could ... not all of them speak fluent Italian — Vatican City’s lingua franca. “We hope the new Pope will arrive in three [or] four days ...

Vatican employees received a bonus of €500 ($570) to celebrate the election of the new pope — this decision was made by Pope ...

The Vatican has a deep history of conflict mediation, with varying degrees of success. An effort by the pope to end the war ...

Universi Dominici Gregis: The Vatican document governing conclave rules. Sede vacante: The period after the pope’s death, when the throne of St. Peter is empty. Papabile: An Italian term used to ...

Following Pope Francis’s passing on April 21 and the election of Pope Leo on May 8, many people have wondered where the ...

Pope Francis has been laid to rest, the conclave has been assembled and, after due deliberation by the participating cardinals, the world at last has seen white smoke wafting from the Sistine Chapel ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV, history's first American pope ... but now coming here and seeing one of our own on the throne of Peter ... it almost makes Jesus himself more accessible," he ...

Vatican employees received a bonus of €500 (CAD 780) to celebrate the election of the new pope—a decision made by Leo XIV.

As the new Pope took the papal throne after the conclave in Vatican City, the musician was photographed in the crowd. The singer was seen keeping a low profile, blending in with the audience as ...

After the mass, Prime Minister Mark Carney briefly met the Pope inside St. Peter's Basilica, alongside his wife and their ...