(AP) — With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the centuries-old rituals to elect a successor to Pope Francis, celebrating a ...
The cardinals, including the 133 expected to vote in the conclave, filed into the basilica on Wednesday morning, to music being sung by a choir. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re presided over the service ...
At the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV presided over his first Midnight Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. In his homily, he marveled at the ...
A man urinated on a Vatican altar during a holy mass as hundreds of tourists looked on in disgust at the act of desecration Friday, according to local reports. The unidentified man began his sickening ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pope Leo XIV presides over a Christmas Mass at St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, late Wednesday night, which is the first held ...
Tbells of Rome tolled on Easter Monday, 2025, as news spread of Pope Francis' death at 88, marking the end of a transformative papacy that began in 2013. Thousands gathered in St. Peter's Square for ...