To honor nurses during their funeral service, the San Antonio Nurses Honor Guard pays homage to the men and women who led a ...

White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the& ...

VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two-thirds majority to elect a ...

VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two-thirds majority to elect a ...

The Pontifical Swiss Guard is the official security force of the Vatican, and holds a ceremonial and a protective function. Swiss guards stand outside St. Peter's Basicilca after the white smoke ...

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

Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican's powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago will succeed Pope Francis as the leader of the Catholic Church. Prevost, the first ...