In a workshop that's a stone's throw from St. Peter's Basilica, 86-year-old Raniero Mancinelli has been sewing cassocks for ...

On the morning of Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, The Vatican announced the death of the 266th Pope, Pope Francis. Aged 88, he died after a lengthy battle with respiratory illness.Born Jorge Mario ...

Other notable death in April include basketball Hall of Famer Dick Barnett, “Dennis the Menace” star Jay North, former ...

Prince William flew from London to Vatican City for Pope Francis’s funeral on April 26. Representing the Crown on behalf of ...

Prince William was just one of many royals in attendance at Pope Francis’ funeral last weekend. The future king represented ...

The conclave that begins next week to elect a successor for Pope Francis is the first in over 46 years for which the Vatican has not ordered new cassocks, a type of clerical coat, for the new head of ...

Pope Francis died last week. Several readers told me they had met him or other popes, or had visited Rome and the Vatican.

Callista and I attended the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception three times this Holy Week. The ...

The world won’t know the next leader of the world’s Catholics until he appears before a throng of supporters in St. Peter’s ...

The conclave that begins next Wednesday to elect a successor for Pope Francis is the first in 46 ½ years for which the ...

As cardinals gather in Rome for the start next week of the conclave, where they will vote for the successor to Pope Francis, ...

Francis was elected to the papacy in 2013 following the surprise resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, a moment of epochal change ...