For the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well, the Catholic Church's 2025 was primarily ...

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 ...

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin and an organization of Vatican-accredited journalists have spoken out in support of a free press after the recent attacks on two journalists in Italy ...

Cardinal Petrocchi emphasized that this question cannot be resolved solely with historical data and that, ultimately, it is ...

The purely historical perspective does not allow us to arrive at any definitive certainty,” a Vatican report concluded. “In ...

VATICAN CITY - The Sistine Chapel closed to visitors on Tuesday and construction work got under way to prepare it for the conclave that will choose the next pope, but five cardinals had yet to arrive ...

The United States counts 10 cardinals among the 133 eligible to vote for the successor to Pope Francis, including two from the tri-state area. Only four of the American electors actively serve as ...