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FILE – Visitors admire the Sistine Chapel inside the Vatican Museums on the occasion of the museum’s reopening, in Rome, May 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, file)

Vatican firefighters install a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel for the papal election

May 2, 2025 at 10:03 a.m.

Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine Chapel that will signal the election of a successor...

British Cardinal Vincent Nichols is approached by reporters as he arrives for a college of cardinals’ meeting, at the Vatican, Monday, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Vatican announces conclave to elect a new pope will start on May 7

April 28, 2025 at 6:30 a.m.

A conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis will begin on Wednesday, May 7, the Vatican announced.

Archbishop Diego Giovanni Ravelli, kneeling right, presides over the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 26, 2025. (Evan Vucci/AP)

Mighty and meek say goodbye to Pope Francis at funeral where he is remembered as pope of the people

April 26, 2025 at 9:45 a.m.

World leaders and Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for people on the “most peripheral of the peripheries” and reflected his wishes to...

Men wash the steps St. Peter’s Basilica before the arrival of the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state at for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Catholic faithful pay their final respects to Pope Francis as public viewing begins

April 23, 2025 at 2:12 p.m.

The body of Pope Francis was moved Wednesday morning to St. Peter’s Basilica for three days of public mourning for an Argentine pontiff remembered for his humble style, concern for...

Faithful gather for a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Monday April 21, 2025 (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis worried about greeting crowd in St. Peter’s Square but was thankful he did, report says

April 22, 2025 at 4:15 p.m.

Pope Francis will be laid to rest Saturday after lying in state for three days in St. Peter’s Basilica.

Pope Francis appears on the central lodge of St. Peter’s Basilica to bestow the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for to the city and the world) blessing at the end of the Easter mass presided over by Cardinal Angelo Comastri in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis dies at 88

April 21, 2025 at 1:39 p.m.

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humility and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives over climate change and critiques of capitalism, died...

Cardinal Angelo Comastri presides over the Easter mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis emerges from convalescence on Easter, delights crowd with popemobile tour

April 20, 2025 at 8:04 a.m.

Pope Francis emerged from his convalescence on Easter Sunday to bless the thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square and treat them to a surprise popemobile romp through the piazza,...

Pope Francis receives U.S. Vice President JD Vance, left, before bestowing the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for to the city and to the world) blessing at the end of the Easter mass presided over by Cardinal Angelo Comastri in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sunday, April 20, 2025. At center the head of the papal houshold Bishop Leonardo Sapienza. (Vatican Media via AP, HO)

JD Vance meets Pope Francis on Easter Sunday after tangle over migration

April 20, 2025 at 8:04 a.m.

Vice President JD Vance met briefly with Pope Francis on Sunday to exchange Easter greetings, after they got into a long-distance tangle over the Trump administration’s migrant deportation plans.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance, and his wife Usha Vance, left, with their daughter Mirabel, attend a Good Friday service led by Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, right, inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Vatican notes ‘exchange of opinions’ over migrants, prisoners in meeting with Vice President JD Vance

April 19, 2025 at 1:53 p.m.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance met Saturday with the Vatican’s No. 2 official amid tensions over the U.S. crackdown on migrants, with the Holy See reaffirming good relations but noting...

Pope Francis arrives at the end of the mass on Palm Sunday in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Vatican opens solemn run-up to Easter with recovering Pope Francis on the sidelines

April 17, 2025 at 8:34 a.m.

The Vatican on Thursday opened the most solemn period of Holy Week with a recovering Pope Francis largely on the sidelines, as cardinals were designated to take his place presiding...

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