Surrounded by the usual courtly trappings, he looked every bit a pope. Yet Bergoglio, who called himself Francis, soon made ...

The Swiss Guard, the pope’s iconic bodyguards, look ceremonial but in the pageantry of the Renaissance-style uniform lies the ...

Chaput may assert the pope was "inadequate to the real issues," but the truth is that Francis was challenging to those more ...

While the next pope is almost certainly well-known already in Vatican City, the rest of the world should prepare to be ...

On Saturday, April 26, 250,000 mourners congregated in St. Peter's Square to bid farewell to Pope Francis. His modest, unadorned wooden coffin was taken to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore for ...

Cardinals from five continents held a final mass in St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican before shutting themselves away to ...

With the conclave to elect the new pope beginning in Vatican City on Wednesday, following the death of Francis I on 21 April, ...

Before the closed-door conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor, Catholic cardinals have gathered in the Vatican for a final ...

While there has been much speculation as to the frontrunners, one expert described this conclave as “totally unpredictable” ...

As the Conclave begins preparation to elect a new Catholic pontiff, four names have emerged as likely contenders to become ...

Over-the-top platform Amazon Prime Video on Wednesday announced that the 'Conclave' – BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated film ...

Speaking to JI, prominent Italian journalist Maurizio Molinari laments ‘wave of dehumanization of Jews’ in Italy and implores Trump to see Israel’s war against Hamas and Ukraine’s against Russia as th ...