Pixabay At just 0.49 square kilometres, Vatican City is the world's smallest independent state, yet it wields a global spiritual influence unlike any other. Governed by the Pope and home to the ...

In total, 133 cardinals will be voting during conclave, the most electors ever. LONDON and VATICAN CITY -- All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the ...

VATICAN CITY — When the pope dies ... to hide their rank as they walk toward St. Peter’s Basilica, wearing simple priestly suits and keeping their heads down. Paparazzi walk in front and ...

Vatican workers have installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope. VATICAN CITY (AP) — Vatican workers installed ...

(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) VATICAN CITY (AP) — Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine Chapel that will signal ...

VATICAN CITY — A conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis will begin on Wednesday, May 7, the Vatican announced Monday. The date of the conclave was chief on the agenda of cardinals holding ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — World leaders and rank-and-file ... on the peripheries and reflected his wish to be remembered as a simple pastor. Though presidents and princes attended the Mass in St ...

By Aine Fox, PA Social Affairs Correspondent, in Vatican City, Rosie Shead and Jordan Reynolds, PA April 26, 2025 at 11:37am BST Russia and Ukraine should meet at a ‘very high level’ in order ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — World leaders and rank-and-file ... on the peripheries and reflected his wish to be remembered as a simple pastor. Though presidents and princes attended the Mass in St ...

new video loaded: Pope Francis Remembered During Funeral in Vatican City transcript “It was very touching, very somber, but yet still a rejoicing that he has gone on to the Father, out of all of ...