During the event known as the " Cadaver Synod ," Formosus was found guilty of being a bishop in two places at once and had ...

As Cardinals concluded the con­clave to produce a new Pope in majesty of Sistine Chapel, Travel and Hospitality brings ten pieces of information about the Vatican City; the headquarters of the Ro­man ...

The most recent pope buried there was Benedict XVI ... Before him, Popes Paul V, Clement VIII, Sixtus V, Pius V, Nicholas IV, and Honorius III were all interred there between the 13th and 17th ...

Robert Francis Prevost, 69, delivered a message of peace in his first address as Pope Leo XIV on the balcony of St. Peter's ...

Throughout history, there’s been so much drama at the top of the Catholic Church, it’s no wonder the movie Conclave was a ...

Whether it is Francis II, Leo XIV, or a never-before-used name, a new pope's chosen name sends an early signal about his ...

Intrigue, fashion, humility, faith—133 cardinal electors have descended on Rome to choose a new pope and their every move and ...

I was out drinking with friends when one of us yelled on top of his voice that the next pope would come from Africa.

The decision by Pope Francis to break with tradition and be buried at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome rather ...

Pope Francis was buried inside his favourite ... But the last one to be buried there was Clement IX in 1669. More recently popes have usually been buried in St Peter's Basilica.

Many of the traditions that will dictate Pope Francis’s funeral date back more than 2,000 years. They are compiled in a tome more than 400-pages long called the “Ordo exsequiarum Romani pontificis” - ...

Angel Roa As Pope Francis was carried from St. Peter’s Square to be buried ... Pope Clement XIII, who died in 1769. Two of the most celebrated tombs — those of Paul III and Urban VIII ...