Zuppi was Francis’ peace envoy to Ukraine and works closely with the Community of St. Egidio. He was considered a favorite to ...

When Pope Francis died, questions about his successor were all over the news. Every Catholic waited with bated breath on who the new head of the Catholic Church will be. The names of Asians and ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV made his first appointment of a Chinese bishop under the Vatican’s 2018 agreement with Beijing, ...

VATICAN CITY -- VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made his first appointment of a Chinese bishop under the Vatican’s 2018 agreement with Beijing, signalling he is continuing one of Pope Francis’ most ...

As many as 133 cardinals from nearly 70 countries have arrived in Vatican City to pick the next Pope. This is a rise from 115 from 48 nations in the last conclave in 2013. There is no clear ...

The conclave elects both a pope and a head of state. While Vatican City is magnitudes smaller than the Papal State of the past, it remains a sovereign state. Papal pronouncements shape not just ...

In “Conclave,” which is based on a 2016 Robert Harris novel, Fiennes plays a cardinal tasked with selecting a new pope and finds himself investigating secrets and scandals about the major candidates, ...

After every conclave, reports appear in newspapers ... told the Register that the Vatican ought to take such leaks seriously and do something about them. “The secrecy of papal elections ...