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  VATICAN CITY -- American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church Thursday, taking the name Leo XIV after a conclave of cardinals climaxed on the fo

  VATICAN CITY -- White smoke belched out of the Sistine Chapel chimney and the bells of St Peter's Basilica rang out Thursday signalling that cardinals had elected a new pope on the fourth vote of

VATICAN CITY - Nearly 5 months since the start of the Vatican’s Jubliee year, it’s presence can be felt amongst churches, businesses, packed streets and alleyways all across Rome and there has been

  VATICAN CITY – Cardinals began Wednesday what is expected to be a lengthy conclave cloistered in the Sistine Chapel to choose the next pope to lead the Roman Ca

VATICAN CITY – As the cardinals were beginning their period of seclusion, initiating the ancient rites of the conclave, it was reported that this year the Sistine Chapel had been completely ‘saniti

VATICAN CITY – Shortly before dying Pope Francis requested that the Popemobile, which is the one he used during his 2014 visit to Jerusalem, would be taken to Gaza to serve as a s

VATICAN CITY – Cardinal Pietro Parolin, former Secretary of State, who was presiding over the conclave as the oldest cardinal bishop elector appointed and a bookie favourite to become the next pope

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis had many admirers throughout his pontifical reign but in the process, he alienated some conservative prelates such Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, 77, the prefect emeri

VATICAN CITY - In the run up to the May Day workers' national holiday and during the conclave period, following the death of Pope Francis, the Association of Lay Employees of the Vatican – ADLV - i

 ROME - According to Anne Barrett Doyle, co-director of BishopAccount

VATICAN CITY – Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, who was convicted of fraud and embezzlement in Vatican court in 2023 has officially announced he will not enter Conclave on May 7, after initially co

 VATICAN CITY -- The conclave of cardinals to elect a new pontiff to succeed the late Pope Francis on St Peter's throne will begin on Wednesday May 7, the Vatican said Monday.

 BERLIN - We Are Church International calls on the cardinals with the Holy Spirit to find a successor who will continue Pope Francis' course of reform with courage and vigour.

VATICAN CITY – On Friday, the day before the funeral of the late sacred father Pope Francis, heads of state and government, kings and queens, international organizations and spiritual leaders were

 VATICAN CITY -- As many as 250,000 people attended the solemn funeral of Pope Francis in St Peter's square and the via della Conciliazione avenue leading to the Vatican from the Tiber, police said

 VATICAN CITY – The upcoming conclave runs into yet another logistics problem as there are 13 cardinals too many, 14, if Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu were to be admitted, according to Il Messagg

 VATICAN CITY – Tens of thousands of pilgrims and Roman Catholic faithful were paying their respects to Pope Francis in St Peter’s Basilica after the coffin

VATICAN CITY – Cardinal Parolin, Pope Francis’ Secretary of State and the most senior cardinal, is attempting to stop Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu from participating in the up-coming conclave, d

 VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis died unexpectedly on Easter Monday morning, plunging the world's Roman Catholics and his tiny city state into mourning, Vatican officials said.