The cardinals gather in the Sistine Chapel for the first round of voting to elect the next Pope. #conclave #ralphfiennes ...

2025 began with Catholics around the world uniting in prayer for Pope Francis’ health as he entered the hospital on Feb. 14. He was admitted to Gemelli Hospital in Rome for a respiratory infection ...

White smoke rose above the Sistine Chapel on the second day of the conclave, signaling that cardinals had reached a majority vote to select a successor to Pope Francis. The identity and chosen name of ...

The Vatican has confirmed the heartbreaking news that has shaken the world, sparking a wave of tributes and expressions of ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday closed out the Vatican’s 2025 Holy Year, capping a yearlong celebration of Christianity that saw some 33 million pilgrims flock to Rome and a historic papal ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, choosing the name of Pope Leo XIV, at the Vatican, ...

With cardinals and diplomats looking on, Leo kneeled down in prayer on the stone floor at the threshold of the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica. He then stood up and pulled the two doors shut, ...

Cathleen Falsani, who covered two previous papal elections, sent a Hail Mary text from Ireland when she heard Chicago's own Robert Prevost would be the new pope.

For every cultural phenomenon that permeates the sprawling social conversation, there must be a space—a room, a stage, a set, a house, a chapel—where it happened. Sometimes, it’s the place itself that ...

Having covered the Vatican for three decades, John was in essence the dean of English-speaking Vaticanistas, a wildly gifted ...