ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed ruins from a hidden ancient palace which housed popes for centuries before the Vatican was ...

Pope Leo XIV could choose to live in a grand palace in the Vatican if he opts to make a major change from Pope Francis ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a hidden ancient palace under Rome that was likely home to the Popes between the ninth and ...

It was the mounting rage of citizens in Viterbo, a small town north of Rome, that put an end to the longest papal election in ...

The term conclave comes from the Latin term “con clavis”, meaning “with a key”, a reference to the tradition of locking the ...

Inside the secretive meeting, cardinals will use an array of objects, many steeped in tradition, as they elect the next pope.

As the papal conclave is set to begin to elect a new pope, the eyes of the world are on the Sistine Chapel, which will hold ...

Pope Leo XIV is reportedly set to reside in the Apostolic Palace, the historic residence of popes for centuries, according to reports. After being elected Thursday as the 267th supreme pontiff of the ...

Archaeologists uncovered walls that date back to between the 9th and 13th century, be part of the Patriarchate. The discovery ...

The oath of secrecy, as stipulated by the apostolic constitution Universi Dominici Gregis, took place in the Pauline Chapel ...

The Catholic Church's cardinal electors entered the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to choose a successor to Pope Francis, as ...

Today, the College of Cardinals will be locked inside the Sistine Chapel’s Apostolic Palace until white smoke billows above ...