Smoke signals have occurred at mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon and evening. The longest conclave took three years.

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

Kielce Gussie, a U.S. journalist who works for Vatican News, gave the first reading at the funeral of Pope Francis.

All 12 Republicans on the Senate committee voted in favor of Brian Burch, while all 10 of the committee’s Democrat members ...

St Peter’s Square, glistening in the sunshine beneath us, is slowly filling with worshippers. Later, they will have the ...

Leading the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church.Location: Vatican City.There are no official candidates for the papacy, but ...

The world won’t know the next leader of the world’s Catholics until he appears before a throng of supporters in St. Peter’s ...

Ahead of the 2013 conclave to replace Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan was tipped to restore the papal hat ...

Father Wu Jianlin, vicar general of Shanghai, was chosen to be the city’s new auxiliary bishop, while Father Li Jianlin was ...

What does it take to become a pope? The Holy See shared the minimum qualifications for a pope on its official LinkedIn account after it received "several messages of interest in the Sede Vacante." The ...

Read Claudio Epelman's Personal Tribute to Pope Francis.

Prior to his current role in the UAE since January 2023, Archbishop El Kassis served as the Holy See ambassador to Pakistan for over four years. His time there left a lasting impression.