Two men recite prayers at sunrise in St. Peter's Square on May 16, 2025, days before the installation of Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) A man mops the sidewalk as ...

Pope Leo XIV may have offered to host Russia-Ukraine peace talks at the Vatican, but neither the pope nor senior Vatican officials have spoken publicly about the possibility, leaving prospects for ...

According to a May 19 Vatican communique, earlier that morning the pope and Vance held a private meeting, which lasted roughly 45 minutes, beginning around 7:56 a.m. and ending around 8:41 a.m ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday that the Vatican could be a venue for Russia-Ukraine peace talks, taking up the Holy See’s longstanding offer after Pope Leo XIV vowed to ...

The funeral Mass took place on Saturday, April 26, 2025 in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City. This date was officially announced by the Holy See Press Office on Tuesday, following the Pope's death ...

Tbells of Rome tolled on Easter Monday, 2025, as news spread of Pope Francis'death at 88, marking the end of a transformative papacy that began in 2013. Thousands gathered in St. Peter's Square for ...

We have white smoke! 133 voting cardinals elect a new pope on Thursday, May 8, 2025, on the second day of the conclave. Cardinal Robert Prevost has become the 267th pope, the first U.S. pontiff in ...

VATICAN CITY — All mobile phone signals will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday ahead of the highly secretive conclave to elect the next pope, Italian state media reported.. The Vatican ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators. All the support staff for the cardinals who will elect the successor to Pope Francis must take an ...

The Vatican, headquarters of the Catholic Church, is the smallest state in the world, with its own newspaper, national anthem in Latin and supreme leader -- the pope.