Francis is not the only pope to rest there. Seven others are buried on the grounds, most notably St. Pius V, who established ...

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon, Myanmar, is seen in this 2016 file photo outside the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King in Liverpool, England. The cardinal is seen by some as a possible ...

ROME -- They don’t have a vote in the pope’s election, but nearly 900 superiors of the world’s female Catholic orders met in Rome on Monday to chart a course forward, a few miles from where cardinals ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Leo XIV has only been in the job one day and already faces a packed schedule of religious ...

On the first day of the conclave, cardinals took their oaths, heard a meditation from Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, and cast ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost elected first North American pontiff and will be called Pope Leo XIV - Pope Leo XIV emerged onto the ...

The 133 cardinals are expected to vote again in the morning after spending the night sequestered at the Vatican residences.

Pope Francis has died on Easter Monday, aged 88, the Vatican announced. The head of the Catholic Church had recently survived being hospitalised with double pneumonia. Cardinal Kevin Farrell’s ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Jason Horowitz and Emma Bubola Reporting from Rome and Vatican City The death ... but it is barred from making any major decisions. When the cardinals meet for the conclave ...

Men wash the steps St. Peter's Basilica before the arrival of the body ... (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru) From left, Victor Fadlun, president of Rome's Jewish Community, and Riccardo Di Segni ...

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Written by Luke the beloved physician (Col 4:14), Luke-Acts seamlessly connects ... and statues of the two flank St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. The Holy Spirit's action is central to the movement ...