Each summer, the art world convenes in Italy for Venice Biennale. It focuses on art and architecture in alternating years, ...

It took just two days for the College of Cardinals to elect a new Pope less than a month after the death of Francis ...

(Murad Sezer/Reuters) The new pope is 69 years old and from Chicago ... There was a burst of applause, and the bells of St. Peter’s Basilica began ringing to welcome the news.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The bells of ... of the 88-year-old reformer who inspired devotion but riled traditionalists during 12 years leading the Catholic Church. AFP via Getty Images Francis first ...

The papal conclave was officially over at around 6 p.m. local time Thursday after white smoke was seen rising from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling a new pope had been elected.

The Vatican conclave will continue on Thursday with as many as four more rounds of voting. A two-thirds majority of the 133 cardinals is required to select a new leader for the world’s 1.4 billion ...

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The Catholic Church has a new pope. American Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected the 267th pontiff. He has chosen the name Leo XIV, a senior cardinal deacon announced. The 69-year-old Chicago ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The bells of St. Peter’s tolled Wednesday ... Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who is running the Vatican temporarily until a new pope is elected, led the procession, with clouds ...

A digital safeguarding firm has revealed that British children are increasingly bypassing age verification checks to form ...

There are time-honoured rituals, some shrouded in secrecy, and a series of carefully planned events that are likely to take place now that Pope Francis has died.