Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, was elected the 267th Pope by the Vatican conclave on May 8, becoming the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church. He has taken the name Pope Leo XIV.

It was the day after white smoke blew out from the chimney and I had the good fortune to be atop the colonnades of St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican, with about as good a view you could have of ...

Mel Gibson discusses the 1958 Vatican Conclave on Joe Rogan, highlighting secretive voting, unexpected white smoke, and the surprise election of Pope John XXIII—fueling intrigue and Church ...

ROME (AP) — Italy agreed Thursday to a Vatican plan to turn a 430-hectare (1,000-acre) field north of Rome, once the source of controversy between the two, into a vast solar farm that the Holy ...

The archbishop of Warsaw, Poland, has asked the Vatican to defrock a priest charged with the killing of a 68-year-old homeless man who was beaten with an ax and set on fire.

The editorial manager for the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, Andrea Tornielli, called for a “two-state solution” and recognition of Palestine as a state.

Vatican City, Jul 23, 2025 / 13:42 pm Pope Leo XIV returned to the Vatican on July 22 around 9 p.m. local time after spending more than two weeks at the papal residence in Castel Gandolfo.

According to the news site of the German Bishops’ Conference, the accused priest has already been arrested by Polish police and has confessed to the crime.

On Sunday, Pope Leo XIV said he was following the humanitarian crisis taking place in Gaza with “great concern,” saying the civilian population is being “crushed by hunger and continues to ...

Workers have begun to dismantle the 100-metre-tall gas flue/chimney which predates the reactor buildings at the Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant in the Czech Republic.; ...

The beloved Chimney Rock anchor reopened July 25 and is seeing its loyal customers return after shuttered for 10 months after Helene.