VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV made his first appointment of a Chinese bishop under the Vatican’s 2018 agreement with Beijing, ...

VATICAN CITY -- VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made his first appointment of a Chinese bishop under the Vatican’s 2018 agreement with Beijing, signalling he is continuing one of Pope Francis’ most ...

Read More About Vatican News: Papal Conclave Will Decide Next Pope — And Francis’ Legacy Cardinals Savor Rome Ahead of Papal Vote The traditions connected to the conclave date back to the 13th ...

Vatican experts and scholars of the papacy, along with time spent with Jesuit friends and my America colleagues also there to cover the conclave. The mood had changed from sorrow over Pope Francis ...

Days before the beginning of the conclave ... pope, NPR's Scott Detrow is in Rome. He speaks with Sylvia Poggioli about the rituals and ceremonies involved in the upcoming election at the Vatican.