Catholic cardinals gather and sequester themselves in the Vatican for the start of a conclave to elect a new pope.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new pontiff has been chosen after the second or third ...

Vatican firefighters installed the chimney at the Sistine Chapel over the weekend, along with the small stove in which the cardinals will burn their crumpled up ballots after each vote.

"It went well but I can't say anything." These are the only words from Cardinal Angelo Becciu after meeting Leo XIV. It was a ...

Pope Leo XIV recalled the life and legacy of Cardinal in pectore Iuliu Hossu, a Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop, “pastor and ...

As with any new papacy, a quick look at their first appointments and audiences inside the system offers at least a small ...

According to The Independent, the White Sox also sent a jersey and a hat to the Vatican after the announcement of Pope Leo’s ...

Brazilian Cardinal Leonardo Steiner told America that Pope Leo would carry forward Pope Francis' legacy of synodality in the ...

Pope Leo XIV's offer to host peace talks between Russia and Ukraine was motivated by a conviction that the two sides must ...

Pope Leo XIV called attention to two important events that fell on May 24: the day of prayer for Catholics in China and the ...

In a ceremony held at The Plaza Hotel in Manhattan on May 19, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's Secretary of State, was ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin received the Path to Peace Award at a May 19 gala dinner in New York, having addressed ...