The secret conclave that elected Pope Leo head of the Catholic Church last May was interrupted when one of the 133 cardinals ...

Clerics taking part in a conclave take a vow not to communicate with the outside world and surrender their phones and all other communication devices during proceedings.

From late morning on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, the Vatican Gendarmerie had confiscated all mobile phones and any possible communication devices from the cardinal electors, such as ...

Pope Francis highlighted the idea of accompaniment in his 2013 apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium ("Joy of the Gospel").

Iran has appointed Alireza Arafi to the Leadership Council following the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. This group has taken charge, as senior military commanders were also eliminated ...

Until Khamenei’s successor is picked, three-member leadership council, including Ayatollah Arafi, will lead Iran.

In Iran, choosing a new supreme leader is meant to be the responsibility of the Assembly of Experts, a body of around 90 senior clerics who are elected every eight years.

When I recently started reading investigative journalist Peter Schweizer’s “The Invisible Coup,” I had not realized it had ...

Today is Monday, March 2, the 61st day of 2026 with 304 to follow. The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter and Mars.

The assassination of Khamenei, who took power in 1989, has left Iran’s top leadership to prepare for the transfer of power at ...

Iran’s clerical regime now faces the prospect of trying to find a successor to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ...