The importance of continuity and diversity, as well as the issues of war and peace, were a main topic of conversation for the ...

The pre-conclave favorite, Italy’s Pietro Parolin had a good number of preferences in the first two votes, but his support dropped off in the third ballot. Meanwhile, the darkhorse candidacy of Robert ...

In the spring of 2023, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem addressed a conference about a dizzyingly complex subject – ...

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

Follow live coverage from the Vatican on the second day of conclave as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a ...

The faithful cheered in the Vatican square, waving flags from many countries in celebration at the arrival of the news ...

In 2016, Francis appointed Pizzaballa to fill the vacant seat of the Latin Patriarch in Jerusalem — the representative of ...

With no one securing the necessary two-thirds majority, or 89 votes, the 133 cardinals returned to the Vatican residences where they are being sequestered.

When the Latin patriarch heard the Easter Monday news about the death of Pope Francis, he packed his bags. As he departed for Rome, his co-workers sang in Arabic: "May the Lord guide your steps with ...