People worldwide watch St. Peter's Square for white smoke from the Sisten Chapel. Once the smoke comes out, what happens next? Yes, the cardinal electors have chosen a new pope, but there's a process ...

Cardinal Roche did not discuss Francis’ restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass at length, but he did promote the documents that speak to those restrictions.

For more than 70 years, Raniero Mancinelli has sewn and shaped the vestments of the successors of St. Peter. Raniero Mancinelli, now 86, reflects on dressing four popes and the renewed interest in the ...

Vestments worn by Pope Leo XIV and his concelebrants July 9 at the first Mass "for the care of creation" were made by a firm in his hometown of Chicago. The pope celebrated the inaugural liturgy — the ...

Jewelry’s role in the rituals of power are well documented if still underestimated. Goldsmith Roberto Franchi, who was commissioned along his brother Claudio to make the gold Fisherman’s Ring worn by ...

When Pope Francis died in April on Easter Monday, the news triggered not only an outpouring of mourners but also a ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Pope Francis passed away at age 88, the Vatican announced today. “At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV ’s inaugural Mass on Sunday morning in St. Peter’s Square and Basilica is a ritual filled with symbolism that connects back to Peter, Jesus’ apostle, and his special ...

ROME — Three hours after Pope Leo XIV was elected the 267th pontiff of the Catholic Church, his friend Lisa Solava emailed him from her home in southwest suburban New Lenox, where she and her husband, ...