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On a more prosaic level, it’s worth recalling that prior to Pacelli in 1939, the last Secretary of State to be elected pope ...

Showers and thunderstorms will stay well away in the south and east of Italy. Prince William - who as heir to the throne is also the future head of the Church of England - will represent his father at ...

The canonization of Carlo Acutis has been postponed indefinitely following the death of Pope Francis yesterday, Monday, April ...

A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” It implies the sacred ...

According to the French press, he is known in some domestic Catholic circles as John XXIV, in a nod to his resemblance to ...

Despite the death of Pope Francis, a reconfigured Jubilee of Teenagers will still take place in Rome from April 25–27.

Ukraine and Russia yesterday accused each other of violating an Easter truce declared by President Vladimir Putin on Saturday ...

Asia to Europe - names of some cardinals are being talked about to succeed Pope Francis, whose death at the age of 88 was ...