Román had been appointed interim chancellor of the system after the surprise resignation of Francisco C. Rodriguez in 2024.

Italians — and Romans in particular — have had mixed responses to the so-called “American pope.” Most are cautiously ...

A recent archaeological excavation in Switzerland took a somber turn when historians discovered a collection of infant ...

His ancestry, traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture, links Leo XIV to the rich and sometimes overlooked ...

The cardinals who are electing the next pope sometimes look as ideologically polarized as many secular voters around the ...

Black smoke streamed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday morning in Rome, signaling that the 133 cardinal ...

White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney in Vatican City Thursday as the world gathered to watch a new pope take ...

The horses in this burial site belonged to a Roman cavalry unit, or 'Ala,' stationed at Hallschlag in the 2nd century AD.

Authorities have arrested a 55-year-old Connecticut man who they say fatally stabbed a woman in a New Haven cemetery last ...

When Father Tony Ricard watched the new pope deliver his first address to the faithful Thursday in St. Peter’s Square, he ...

The first day of the conclave ended without a decision on the next pope. Here's what's next for the cardinal electors.