On the morning of Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, The Vatican announced the death of the 266th Pope, Pope Francis. Aged 88, he died after a lengthy battle with respiratory illness.Born Jorge Mario ...

Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...