Papal

Pope Leo XIV’s brother has lifted the lid on what the new pontiff gets up to in his downtime — and it often involves playing games like Words With Friends …

ADVERTISEMENT Judging by an image he posted of himself wearing a liturgical mitre and papal robes and his statements in recent days about his desire to become pontiff, US President …

The French president has met with cardinal electors to boost support for his favored candidate, Italian media claims French President Emmanuel Macron is attempting to influence the upcoming papal conclave …

ADVERTISEMENT Pope Francis was laid to rest on Saturday at his favourite basilica in Rome, following a funeral ceremony at St Peter’s Square in Vatican City. A funeral Mass was …

ADVERTISEMENT Given the fragility of today’s global landscape and the US administration’s wariness towards multilateral diplomacy, any forum bringing together world leaders offers a rare chance to make progress on …

After a pope dies, the Catholic Church chooses its next leader through an ancient electoral process called the «papal conclave.» In practice, since at least 1276, the conclave gathers the …

Francis will clock 32,814 kilometres by air during his 2-13 September visit to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Singapore, far surpassing any of his previous 44 foreign trips. ADVERTISEMENT …

With New York City at the center of global issues such as the influx of hundreds of thousands of migrants and the college protests about the Israel-Hamas war, Mayor Eric …