It was the mounting rage of citizens in Viterbo, a small town north of Rome, that put an end to the longest papal election in ...

It was the mounting rage of citizens in Viterbo, a small town north of Rome, that ended the longest papal election in the ...

Workers are installing a stove for burning secret votes and the chimney that will billow smoke to announce the election of a ...

But papal betting has a long history. Roman banking houses were taking bets as far back as 1503. Alessandro Damasceni Peretti ...

VATICAN CITY — "Conclave" the film may have introduced moviegoers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, ...

The Viterbo conclave, which lasted 1,006 days, was the longest papal election in history, sparking the creation of the term ...

On the morning of Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, The Vatican announced the death of the 266th Pope, Pope Francis. Aged 88, he died after a lengthy battle with respiratory illness.Born Jorge Mario ...

Conclave,” the movie, may have introduced movie-goers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the periodic voting to elect a new pope has been going on for centuries and created ...

At Masses across Rome and socioeconomic lines, Catholics prayed the next pope focuses on poverty and peace days before the ...

VATICAN CITY — U.S. Vice President JD Vance met briefly with Pope Francis on Sunday to exchange Easter greetings, after they got into a long-distance tangle over the Trump administration's migrant ...

In July 2002, John Paul II received Prime Minister John Howard in a 10 minutes private audience in Papal Library. They have discussed a range of issues, including kangaroos and reminisce about the ...