Pope Francis has died at the age of 88, the Vatican confirmed on Monday ... referred to in prophecy as the “City of the Seven Hills.” According to a 12th-century text titled The Prophecy ...

attention has turned once again to the centuries-old predictions attributed to Nostradamus—specifically those concerning the rise of a "Black Pope" and the potential destruction of Vatican City, ...

Between the excitement over Pope Leo XIV and the Jubilee celebrations, Rome is the place to be this summer. The travel ...

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VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave starting Wednesday to elect a successor to Pope ...

VATICAN CITY — Preparations for the conclave to find ... a key moment in the preparation for the May 7 conclave. After every two rounds of voting in the Sistine Chapel, the ballots of the ...

Popes are usually buried within Vatican City, beneath St. Peter’s ... Perched on top of one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built, Santa Maria Maggiore is one of four papal basilicas.

Pope Leo XIV reopened the papal apartment, sealed since Francis’ death. The pope’s residence hasn’t always been in the ...