CNA Staff, May 6, 2025 / 06:00 am. All eyes have turned to Vatican City as the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor is set to begin May 7.

Black smoke as Vatican conclave fails to elect new pope on first ballot. Tens of thousands of people gathered in Vatican City’s St Peter’s Square as cardinals voted in first ballot.

This page is no longer being updated. It was last updated on 20 March 2023 L'Osservatore Romano has been published since 1861 Powerful transmitters beam Vatican Radio - "The Pope's Voice" - to a ...

VATICAN CITY — A Vatican tribunal on Saturday convicted a cardinal of embezzlement and sentenced him to 5 ½ years in prison in one of several verdicts handed down in a complicated financial ...

In photos: Nuns from across the world gather on Vatican streets to witness history As the conclave voted for a new pope, nuns followed the election with the crowd. May 8, 2025, 3:18 PM EDT ...

Panaji: Deputy speaker and Mapusa MLA Joshua D’Souza arrived in Italy as part of the Indian delegation that will attend the funeral of Pope Francis at.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican newspaper on Wednesday suggested those responsible for revealing sensitive internal documents alleging corruption and a cover-up were irresponsible ...

The Vatican is the smallest independent state in the world and residence of the spiritual leadership of the Roman Catholic Church. Its territory is surrounded by the Italian capital city Rome, and ...

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican hardened its opposition Friday to using embryos for stem cell research, cloning and in vitro fertilization. But in a major new document on bioethics, it showed ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican newspaper has added to the doubts surrounding Harvard University's claim that a fourth century Coptic papyrus fragment showed that some early Christians believed that ...