Lombardi said the setup allows Francis "to live in community with others." The pope has moved out of the room he drew by lot before the conclave and into Casa Santa Marta's suite 201, a room that ...

Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next pontiff at the conclave.

The papal apartment, which is a series of rooms wrapping around the Vatican’s Sixtus V Courtyard, was the traditional home of ...

Elected during the Conclave on 8 May, the new Pontiff has taken the name Pope Leo XIV. Born Robert Francis Prevost, the American cardinal becomes the first North American to take the papal throne.

Pope Leo XIV is set to make history as the first American man to be the head of the Catholic Church, but the 69-year-old has some big decisions to make - not just within the church, but where he might ...

Pope Leo XIV will offer his first Angelus prayer and give a blessing to the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square.. One day after the Habemus papam!, every little detail about Leo XIV is being ...

Pope Leo XIV has broken the seal on the papal apartments, marking one of his first major symbolic moments as pontiff ...

Cardinal Dominique Mamberti announced the news on Thursday, May 8. Pope Francis died on April 21 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. He was 88. "Dear brothers and sisters, with deep ...

Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more traditional path.

I don’t think he’s the kind of man who sends coded messages,” Cardinal Michael Czerny says in this exclusive interview with ...

Francis donated his hefty salary to charity and refused the trappings of his office, like living in the hotel-like Casa Santa Marta instead of the papal apartments. Pope Francis was known for ...