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.

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

A recent book reveals a dramatic moment during the election of Pope Leo XIV when a cardinal mistakenly carried a cellphone into the Sistine Chapel, breaching strict conclave security. The election, ...

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

Pope Leo might have a suggestion. He didn’t mention it as a Lenten sacrifice, but it’s worth contemplating nonetheless. In a ...

Women’s work may not have been glamorous, but it was vital to the workings of the pope’s court and surrounding city.

The Vatican on Wednesday announced a busy and lengthy foreign travel schedule for Pope Leo XIV in the first half of 2026, ...

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

President Donald Trump’s “border czar” says Pope Leo XIV doesn’t understand “there’s a flip side to illegal immigration.” ...

While 10 million Catholics await him in Cameroon, opposition figures – including Jesuit priests – accuse the Pope of endorsing the flawed election of President Paul Biya and the church of remaining ...