The cardinals’ selection of Pope Leo tests the strained relationship between the bishop of Rome and conservative Catholics.

Democrat Woodrow Wilson in 1919 became the first U.S. president to meet with a pontiff, opening the doors to normalizing an open line of communication between Washington and Vatican City.

VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP)— With royals ... A 24-hour no-fly zone over Rome is already in place. The political VIP line-up for the funeral includes US President Donald Trump, France’s ...

VATICAN CITY — Vice President JD Vance and Secretary ... calling for societies to be “founded upon the stable union between a man and a woman.” The biggest point of departure between Leo ...

Hundreds of thousands filled St. Peter’s Square and lined the streets of Vatican City to bid a solemn farewell to a widely ...

Pope Francis' casket is driven past the Colosseum on its way toward his burial place in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in ...

ROME — With ... in the Eternal City, which hosted around 200 delegations. As Francis’s body was laid in state, Italian police set up checkpoints around the Vatican. “The entire St. Peter ...

A 24-hour no-fly zone over Rome is already in place. The political VIP line-up for ... in the Eternal City, which hosted around 200 delegations. As Francis's body was laid in state, Italian police set ...

ROME - With royals ... in the Eternal City, which hosted around 200 delegations. As Francis’ body was laid in state, Italian police set up checkpoints around the Vatican.

Crowds of mourners waited in line on Sunday for a chance to visit Pope Francis’ final resting place in the Santa Maria Maggiore church in Rome ... buried within Vatican City, beneath St ...

As the Italian capital woke up to a hazy morning, teenage pilgrims, nuns and priests of all denominations filed silently down the streets leading to the Vatican ... The city of Rome and the ...