Francis is not the only pope to rest there. Seven others are buried on the grounds, most notably St. Pius V, who established ...

While Medieval Conclaves could extend for months and even years, the rules were tweaked by Pope John Paul II and Pope ...

Today, Boyle said, he’s become “a sort of mouthpiece for Jesus Christ ... where plaster statues can fetch about 30 euros apiece—after receiving a vision of Mary. Apparitions aren’t ...

Akwasi Atuah says an African pope would even inspire those who are not Catholic Akwasi Atuah, 46, from Ghana, has high hopes ...

Robert Francis Prevost has been elected the first American pope in history and will be known as Pope Leo XIV. There has never ...

The papal conclave will take place as usual in the hallowed space of the Sistine Chapel. What is the history of this famous ...

In selecting Prevost, the Conclave appears to be betting that his mixed identity—a Pope both of America and the world—will ...

Douthat is the leading Catholic voice in the American media. A Trump critic who railed against the liberal reforms of Pope ...

Prelates who voted in the conclave played down the new pope’s American roots. In his first Mass as pontiff, Leo pledged to ...

A child of the poor gathered his companions around him and led them to a statue of Mary ... as one contemplates the modest home of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. We read in the hymn from Matins on ...