Following the death of a pope, or in rare cases of resignation such as with Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican convenes a papal ...

Time-honored rituals, drafted and refined over centuries, allow time for mourning and provide order at a dramatic moment of ...

Keir Starmer has spoken to French president Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump, after the US president's clash with Volodymyr ...

While Taiwan’s ties with all 12 countries it has official diplomatic relations with are relatively stable, “extra attention” ...

When Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, welcomed Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda to the Vatican March ...

The Vatican houses the central government of the Catholic Church and is also an independent city-state. The pope is both the ...

All indications suggest the 88-year-old pontiff has overcome the possible risks from a respiratory crisis last week. He is ...