Outside a restaurant, Renato Friscotti, 72, stood among a small college of faux cardinals and explained how he got the job. “They picked us because we look the part," Friscotti said.

VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two ...

The Vatican released video of cardinals, 220 of them, processing down the main aisle inside St. Peter's Basilica. This Mass, in particular, was meant to pray for the 133 voting cardinals who will ...

Cardinals gathered at the Vatican have announced Saturday at 10am as the day and time for Pope Francis' funeral, following his death on Monday at the age of 88.

VATICAN CITY For a single, bewildering moment, pilgrims in St. Peter's Square thought there was a new pope. Even for the radio voice of the Vatican, the first wisps of smoke from the Sistine Chapel ...

The Vatican released video of cardinals, 220 of them, processing down the main aisle inside St. Peter's Basilica. This Mass, in particular, was meant to pray for the 133 voting cardinals who will ...

How will it work? The conclave begins May 7, in the afternoon. The day begins with Mass celebrated in the morning by the dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re.

Faithful watch a giant screen showing images of cardinals entering the conclave, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) ...

Pope Leo will announce reforms to the Roman Curia in the autumn, Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Vincent Nichols has ...

The Vatican's secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, addressed U.N. representatives at the entity's New York headquarters during a May 19 reception in honor of Pope Leo's election.

Pope Leo XIV told cardinals at the Vatican last month that artificial intelligence “pose [s] challenges to human dignity, justice and labor.” LALAKA – stock.adobe.com ...