"Even though we didn’t actually see the smoke or see the new pope, the feeling of being there, it was in everybody's heart.

Pool photo by Kenny Holston Still, Catholic doctrine does not map ... Italy. Pope Francis, who was born in Argentina, never returned to his own home country as pope, and he visited the United ...

Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of Our Lady of Pompei ...

not that Pope Leo XIV of the United States has been elected. Of the 266 Popes to lead the Catholic Church, 217, or 81% of them were Italian with Italy’s dominance in the papacy reflecting the ...

Pope Leo XIV's church is growing steadily, but its believers are no longer concentrated on the continent where it was born.

A résumé of deep religious education, frontline pastoral experience, parish management and Vatican governance — along with a ...

That was the second of ten “consistories” under Francis, who dramatically reshaped the college of cardinals who elect the pope. A century ago more than half of them had been born in Italy.

Europa Universalis V is the long-awaited sequel to Europa Universalis IV, one of the decade's most acclaimed grand strategy ...

Italy PM Says Pope Confirmed Willingness to Host Ukraine Peace Talks ROME (Reuters) -Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said in a statement on Tuesday that Pope Leo had confirmed during a phone ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost on Thursday became the first ever pope from the United States, a surprise selection ... in her modest home in the northern Italy town of Castel Liteggio.

It works like other fantasy sports leagues but for picking the next pope, and has become a sensation across Italy. A view shows St. Peter's Basilica, ahead of the conclave to elect the next pope ...