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 also plans to use ...

ROME, Italy — When a new pope is needed, the College of Cardinals gather at the Vatican to vote and colored smoke flows out of the Sistine Chapel’s chimney depending on the result — but what does it ...

THE VATICAN (AP) — Black smoke is again pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating that no pope was elected on second or third ballots of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic ...

VATICAN CITY, — Vatican post offices and selected collectors’ shops this week started selling special stamps marking the period between Pope Francis' death and the election of his successor. The ...

Britain's King Charles III, head of the Church of England, and Queen Camilla will make a historic state visit to the Vatican next week to meet Pope Leo XIV for the first time, Buckingham Palace said ...

Not since Henry VIII’s seismic break from the Roman Catholic Church in the 1530s has a British Monarch prayed in public with ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke billowing up through the Sistine Chapel chimney after two more inconclusive rounds ...

ROME — The conclave to elect the next pope will commence on May 7, according to the Vatican. The decision was made at the Fifth General Congregation, held on Monday morning in the Vatican's Synod Hall ...

A landmark musical event in the heart of Vatican City will stream live exclusively on Disney+ on September 13th. Co-directed by music icon Pharrell Williams and celebrated tenor Andrea Bocelli, the ...