Explore the brief papal elections of the last six popes, from St. John XXIII to Pope Francis, who were chosen within a short ...

At 9:30 one morning last week, Pope John XXIII, walking briskly, crossed the threshold of the Vatican’s Consistory Hall, followed in order of seniority by 29 purple-clad cardinals. As soon as he ...

The remarkably preserved state of the body of Pope John XXIII, who died in 1963, is no miracle, the Vatican said on Sunday. An official report by the Church released this weekend said that when ...