Rushed preparations, soaring pilgrim numbers and underwhelming financial returns defined a Jubilee Year shaped by an ...

As cardinals gather in Rome for their first consistory under Pope Leo XIV, Venezuela has become a test case for the church’s ...

For more than two weeks, eyes have been on the Vatican, awaiting news about Pope Francis' health. The pope has been at Rome's Gemelli Hospital since Feb. 14, 2025, being treated for double pneumonia ...

Pope Leo XIV has closed the Vatican’s 2025 Holy Year, marking the end of a yearlong celebration that drew 33 million pilgrims ...

While the year was marked by profound change, the new pope emphasized his intention to lead the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics in a spirit of continuity with his predecessor.

VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two-thirds ...

Rome — It's been called "holy smoke." And it's color coded. Black and white plumes puffed from canisters over the weekend as pyrotechnics expert Massimiliano De Sanctis tested the mechanism that will ...

When the Second Vatican Council opened in 1962, its proceedings were shrouded in secrecy. Then, unexpectedly, a mysterious ...

Pope Leo XIV on Monday warned against power struggles in the Vatican administration and called for “humility” in a more moderate echo of his predecessor Francis’ rhetoric.

The Vatican announced the election of Pope Leo XIV shortly after white smoke blew from the roof of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday. The pope's birth name is Robert Francis Prevost. He is the first pope ...

ROME (AP) — Another woman is taking over a top management job in the Vatican: Sister Raffaella Petrini, an Italian nun, was named Saturday as president of the Vatican City State, making her ...

St Peter’s Basilica was kept open almost all night on Wednesday, April 23, to accommodate huge crowds of mourners The church closed for just one hour Visitors can continue to pay their respects to the ...