who normally meet in pre-conclave morning assemblies, held an extended afternoon session this week. Adding to the challenges, not all of them speak fluent Italian — Vatican City’s lingua franca. “We ...

Pope Leo XIV has revived a former Vatican tradition and granted employees a bonus of €500 ($568) for the election of each new ...

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

The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commenced on Wednesday.

Approximately 5,000 staff working for the Roman Curia and state institutions — such as the Vatican Museums, the Vatican ...

Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more traditional path.

after more than 100 Catholic cardinals gathered inside the Vatican on Wednesday to elect the next pontiff, following the death of Pope Francis in April. The conclave includes 133 cardinals who are ...

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Simply put, a conclave is the assembly of cardinals that elects a pope. The word itself comes from the Latin "com" and "clavis," meaning "together" and "key," respectively – highlighting the absolute, ...

In an interview with America's Gerard O'Connell, Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington said that Pope Leo XIV would "carry forward" the legacy of Pope Francis' pontificate "in its essential elements." ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A quiet alliance between North and South American cardinals helped elect the first US-born pope.

The Tribune asked Vatican City tourists from around the globe what they think about Chicago — and whether Pope Leo might ...