After the ballots are pierced, they are burned in a cylindrical stove at the end of the voting session. Black smoke from the ...

VATICAN CITY -- Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, ...

Despite the death of Pope Francis, a reconfigured Jubilee of Teenagers will still take place in Rome from April 25–27.

Vice President JD Vance and his family depart Rome, Italy, en route to Delhi, India. The Pope's last day, Easter Sunday, was ...

Iran and the U.S. championed the talks in Italy as positive steps in the negotiation process and have agreed to meet in Oman next week for a third round of talks.

Experts say there isn’t a single front-runner, but several names have been floated as indications of which direction the ...

However, just because you’re an ocean away from American luxury retail associates, doesn’t mean you’re about to be treated ...

The white Timorasso grape of Piedmont in Italy was almost extinct in 1987. Today its wine is making a deserved comeback, with ...

After Lazio, Fiorentina are also reportedly angry at the Lega Serie A for initially telling them the game with Cagliari ...

There are always front-runners, known as “papabile,” who have at least some of the qualities considered necessary to be pope.