VATICAN CITY (AP) — More than 130 Catholic cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive ... chanting the meditative “Litany of the Saints” and the Latin hymn “Veni Creator,” imploring the saints and the ...

At the time, Latin hymns were looked upon with disfavor as ... musicologists agree that the hymn was first associated with the 18th-century Catholic layman and music copyist John Francis Wade.

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis ...

On May 8, 2025, 69-year-old Chicago native Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the 267th pope of the Roman ...

This handout picture released by the Press office shows cardinals chanting the Latin hymn "Veni Creator Spiritus ... ROMANO / AFP Vatican City: Catholic cardinals meeting in Rome on Monday ...