VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A quiet alliance between North and South American cardinals helped elect the first US-born pope.

Cardinal Stephen Chow, 65, the bishop of Hong Kong, was the only Chinese cardinal to vote in the conclave that elected Pope ...

Less than one month after he broke Vatican rules while touring the sacred city, U.S. Vice President JD Vance has once again ...

The moment comes after Vance allegedly broke Vatican protocol when he took a trip to the grand Sistine Chapel, famously home ...