Pope John XXIII, wearing the triple-crowned tiara of the papacy, sitting on a portable throne as he leaves St. Peter’s Basilica in 1962. Credit... Associated Press ...

Were Princess Charlene, Queen Letizia, Queen Mathilde and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa allowed to wear white at Pope Leo XIV's inauguration mass? All about the royal rule!

Leo also oversaw one of Francis’ landmark reforms: adding three women to the voting body that forwards bishop nominations to the pope. In early 2025, Francis elevated Leo to the Church’s ...

We never imagined that the death of a pope and the election of his successor would generate so much design controversy. First, there was the issue of the kerning on Pope Francis's tomb. Now people ...

Pope Francis kneels in confession during the celebration of the Sacrament of Penance on March 9, 2018 at St Peter's basilica in Vatican. (photo by STEFANO RELLANDINI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) ...

Pope Francis, supreme pastor to almost 1.5 billion Catholics, died on Monday at the age of 88. The papal throne, which now sits vacant, is approximately 2,000 years old. In the past, popes crowned ...

Across Argentina, many people flocked to churches to mourn Pope Francis. Some recalled personal encounters before he became pontiff. By Natalie AlcobaLucía Cholakian Herrera and Daniel Politi ...

King Charles and Queen Camilla at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy on April 8, 2025. PHIL NOBLE/POOL/AFP via Getty. A statement released Wednesday, per Vatican News, read, “Pope Francis met ...

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope on March 13, 2013, at the age of 76. The 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, he is the first Jesuit and the first to take the ...

While the tiara is still used as a symbol of the papacy on the coat of arms of the Holy See and of the Vatican City State, it hasn't featured on a pope's personal coat of arms since Pope Benedict ...