After every round of voting during a conclave, the ballots are burned with chemicals in a process that enables the cardinals ...

The Oscar-winning film stars Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci and Isabella Rossellini and offers a fictionalized, high-stakes ...

The rules and rituals for the election of a new pope say that immediately after his election, he goes into the sacristy of ...

The secret vote that elected Pope Gregory X lasted from November 1268 to September 1271. It was the first example of a papal ...

There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile,” or possessing the ...

Welcomed by some and rejected by others, Laudato Si’ emerged as one of the most important documents of Francis’ pontificate.

After every two rounds of voting in the Sistine Chapel, the ballots of the cardinals are burned in a special furnace to ...

The cardinals will gather for the conclave starting May 7. Special TV broadcasts are planned for the start of the papal ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but ...

フランシスコ教皇は、2019年11月24日に長崎市を訪問した際、核兵器廃絶に向けたメッセージを発信し、原爆で破壊された教会、浦上天主堂のがれきの中から見つかった「被爆十字架」と「被爆マリア像」に触れたうえで、すべての人が一致団結して行動を起こすよう求 ...