Pope Paul VI was the last to use this privilege in the pontificate inauguration ceremony in 1963. Dozens of leaders from around the world will gather again this Sunday in St. Peter's Square at the ...

Pope Leo XIV presided over his inaugural Mass on Sunday. Years ago, it would have included a solemn moment when the pontiff was crowned with an elaborate gold and jewel-encrusted papal tiara.

As cardinals deliberate behind closed doors in the Sistine Chapel to select a successor to Pope Francis, even artificial intelligence systems refused to predict who will wear the papal crown when ...

Leo XIV, the first ever American pope, condemned the exploitation of the poor and called for unity in the church during his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square, an event attended by world ...

Pope Leo XVI, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, held the first Mass of his papacy in the Sistine Chapel on Friday morning, but that service was not open to the public.

It is part of the papal jewelry ritual that has sustained, long after the papal tiara was left behind (the last official Papal crown is from 1963).

The three-layered papal crown stood alongside the casket. Cardinals in their blood-red robes were present throughout the funeral rites.

On Sunday morning, May 18, a Mass for the beginning of the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV will take place in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Although the Mass is no longer described as an ...

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

The 133 cardinals will remain in total seclusion within the Sistine Chapel and its adjoining buildings until they choose from among themselves the next pope.