White smoke has been seen rising above the Sistine Chapel in the Apostolic Palace in Rome, signaling that the cardinals have ...

The cry of a seagull. That would be the first thing that any one of the cardinals would hear upon waking up, on ...

Ahead of the secretive conclave to elect the next pope, all mobile phone signals will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday, CNN reported, citing Italian state media. The Vatican also plans to ...

The late Rabbi Joseph Ehrenkranz, of Stamford who led Congregation Agudath Sholom for more than 45 years, was awarded an ...

To ensure full privacy during the conclave, special signal jammers will also be used around the Sistine Chapel. These will ...

"The court is attempting to handle the matter in such a way as to help Father Peter and to avoid scandal to the Church," the ...

The Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, sometimes referred to simply as Frari, is a gothic-style church that was finished in the 14th century. The exterior is minimal in comparison to ...

The Chicago-born pontiff—the new spiritual leader of 1.3 billion Catholics and the proprietor in trust of the great art and ...

The speed with which white smoke appeared from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling a new pope had been chosen, came as a surprise to the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Winnipeg.

A U.S. tourist visiting Rome needed 80 stitches after he was impaled while climbing over a fence at the Colosseum, local ...

The closing of the conclave in the Sistine Chapel will be preceded in the morning by a mass for the pope who will be elected.