A high-level Vatican commission voted against allowing Catholic women to serve as deacons, maintaining the global Church's ...

Featuring unseen footage and with exclusive access to the Vatican, this is the inside story of the papal conclave that ...

The BBC has commissioned two hour-long specials, one which examines the most important ritual of the Vatican and another that follows the tragic aftermath of the Southport attack. BBC Two and ...

Based on the 2016 novel by Robert Harris, Conclave is a period drama set at the Vatican. Following the unexpected death of a beloved Pope, Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with running one the most ...

Black smoke billows from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel where 115 cardinals gathered to elect the new head of the Roman Catholic Church, at the Vatican, Monday, April 18, 2005. The black smoke ...

The news that the Roman Catholic Church—and the world—had a new Pope broke unexpectedly on the morning of Friday, June 21st, at precisely eleven-eighteen. It was a beautiful morning here. The Square ...

For that reason alone, "Conclave" is resonant, though besides the matter of personal meaning, it’s a solid theopolitical thriller. Amusingly enough, the film’s success, and the fact of its production, ...

Would you like to know how much Pope Leo XIV won by? Or which cardinals supported him? Or who else got votes? Or how many? Or what coalitions formed? Or who played kingmaker? Officially, you can’t, ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world, as history’s first American pope offered a message of healing during an inaugural Mass in St.