An Irish-born American cardinal was entrusted by Pope Francis to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy See after the death of one pontiff and before the election of another.

Diaz served as ambassador to the Holy see from 2009 to 2012, under the Obama Administration. He has met Pope Francis, and reflected on a dinner in Chicago in August 2024 with then-Cardinal Robert ...

The 2018 Holy See-China agreement was reached during President Xi Jinping’s drive to tighten already stringent controls over religions in China in the name of “Sinicization” of religion.

The Holy See confirmed details of the funeral for Pope Francis, noting it will begin on the first day of the Novendials nine-day mourning period. Here's everything you need to know about the Holy ...

The Holy See generates revenues from a variety of sources. It collects donations from the faithful worldwide (called Peter's Pence, a term dating back to the 8th century), as well as from interest and ...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 17 - The Holy See is in favour of peaceful nuclear disarmament, Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin told ANSA on the Israel-Iran war sparked by Tel Aviv's strikes on ...

For that reason, he said, "The Holy See therefore strongly supports the proposal of a legally binding instrument prohibiting lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) by 2026. "Ensuring that decisions ...

According to tradition, the camerlengo certifies the pope’s death, seals the papal apartment and breaks the pope’s fisherman’s ring, as a symbol of a vacancy at the Holy See.

According to tradition, the camerlengo certifies the pope’s death, seals the papal apartment and breaks the pope’s fisherman’s ring, as a symbol of a vacancy at the Holy See. He leads the ...