The gleaming colonnade of St. Peter's Square provides a majestic backdrop as four men wait for a free dinner on a terrace in ...

British Cardinal Vincent Nichols provides an insider's view of what's going on these days before the conclave to elect a ...

Alongside the gossip and the gallows humor, the ancient and solemn rituals continue,” Chiara Barzini writes from Italy.

I never knew how much I wanted to go to Rome until I got there.

The universal church is on full display during the waiting-for-white-smoke period. Watchers who gather at St. Peter's Square ...

The faithful will be flocking to Rome to honor the death of Pope Francis, who died on April 21, with his funeral scheduled ...

Fiorello Maffei, a 58-year-old who lives in London, returned to Italy for the now postponed canonisation of Carlo, a Londoner ...

Video shows Pope Francis’ tomb inside Rome’s St. Mary Major’s Basilica where he was laid to rest Roman Catholic faithful ...

Francis opted for burial in Santa Maria Maggiore, located in Rome's most multi-cultural neighbouhood. No pope has been laid ...

Former President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will among those attending Saturday's funeral for Pope Francis in ...

cardinals and popes played down or dismissed reports of sexual misconduct but spares Francis. March 5-8, 2021: Becomes first ...