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British satire starring Robbie Coltrane as Dave the First might be the most controversial film about the Vatican ever made.
Thick black smoke emerged Wednesday from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals had failed to elect a new ...
The Vatican is governed by the Holy See, which oversees stipends and allowances given to the leader of the Catholic church ...
Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...
The election of a new pope has begun following the death of Pope Francis last month. The secret conclave of 131 Catholic cardinals are locked in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City until a new ...
A Jerusalem cardinal who spent decades fostering interfaith ties among Christians, Jews and Muslims is a leading contender to ...
There is a famous quote attributed to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1997, in comments to a Bavarian television station.
All eyes are on the Vatican as the conclave deliberates. Speculation is rife that the next pontiff may come from Africa or ...