Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives to hold a Pentecost vigil in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Saturday, June 8, 2025.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A cloaked and timeless figure with a regal authority spanning centuries, the pope is a global icon whose appearances draw hundreds ...

A reported reference to the “Avignon Papacy” during a closed-door Pentagon meeting has sparked debate amid tensions between Donald Trump’s administration and the Vatican. While the historical term may ...

Cardinals from around the world line up in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel March 12, 2013, to take their oaths at the beginning of the conclave that would elect Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos ...

This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here. During the 1963 papal conclave, amid expectant crowds at St. Peter’s ...

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VATICAN CITY – When Pope Leo XIV surprised tens of thousands of young people at a recent Holy Year celebration with an impromptu popemobile romp around St. Peter’s Square, it almost seemed as if some ...