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Cardinal Prevost garnered over 75% of votes in conclave, say Vatican sources
He secured 105 of 133 votes to become the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...
Vatican City Explained: History, Wealth, and How It Became The Smallest Country in the World
The Vatican is the world's smallest country, ruled by the Pope, with its own laws, bank, and army. Formed in 1929, it holds ...
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Sinner meets Pope inside Vatican
Pope Leo XIV has made peace with Jannik Sinner. The top-ranked tennis player visited the new pope on Wednesday, gave him a ...
Black Smoke, White Smoke: How the Vatican Tells the World There’s a New Pope
In a tradition that scholars date to the 19th century, smoke released from a chimney will be colored white if the cardinals ...
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Papal contender Parolin is a soft-spoken, longtime Vatican diplomat
He is also the Vatican's top diplomat. The two roles mean Parolin - a 70-year-old from a small town in Italy's deeply ...
Italian Open: Sinner Greets Pope XIV At The Vatican
Pope Leo XIV has made peace with Jannik Sinner. The top-ranked tennis player visited the new pope on Wednesday, gave him a ...
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White smoke signals a new pope has been chosen at the Vatican
White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel in the early evening of Thursday (May 8), signalling that the cardinals locked ...
Coco Gauff wins in Rome, says she'd love to witness history at the Vatican
Gauff’s victory comes just days after another major moment in Rome: the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born ...
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Italy now has more museum visitors than its has residents
Italy's top cultural sites drew more than 60 million paying visitors in 2024, surpassing the country's population for the first time.The ancient Colosseum in Rome was the most visited attraction, with ...