The new pope, Leo XIV, is scheduled to deliver his first such prayer on Sunday from the loggia where he first appeared in ...

Through the ministry of Peter, you have called me to carry the cross and to be blessed with that mission,' he told the ...

In a historic and unpredictable moment, white smoke billowed out of the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, as the first pope from the United States of America was unveiled.

White smoke from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signaled that the cardinals have selected the next leader of the Catholic ...

The Sistine Chapel is ready for the papal conclave. Front-runners such as Parolin and Tagle are losing momentum amid a ...

with special concentration on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. But a host of Arab provocateurs rushed to the media to complain about hundreds of people turned away by Israeli police, including ...

According to the New Testament, Jesus was buried in a new tomb out of rock. (Matthew 27:60, Mark 15:46; Luke 23:53) in a ...

Fresh finds beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre add hard evidence of a first-century garden and the site’s earlier life as a quarry. Seeds, 3-D scans and Iron-Age artefacts deepen case for ...

Also present were Fr Robert Bissell, administrator of St Mary's Cathedral in Cape Town and vicar general of the Archdiocese of Cape Town; and Juan Luis Cabral, the magistral delegate of the Equestrian ...

Christians from around the world prayed for Pope Francis at a solemn Mass on Wednesday at Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Some worshippers shed tears under the rotunda as prayers ...

From the Holy Sepulchre, the Church of the Resurrection, where this year Easter is being celebrated by Catholics and Orthodox on the same day, may the light of peace radiate throughout the Holy ...

A woman prays at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the announcement of Pope Francis's death on April 21, 2025. RONEN ZVULUN / REUTERS In front of the Holy Sepulchre, at the heart ...