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A local historian went to Rome for the first time during the conclave. But he wasn’t expecting ‘that’ kind of history.

Vatican City, May 28, 2025 / 14:51 pm Pope Leo XIV has reinstated the “conclave bonus” given to Vatican employees for their service during the sede vacante period. Approximately 5,000 staff ...

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

Cardinal predicts conclave will finish before Friday All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the papal conclave to elect the 267th pope.

That year, arranging the funeral and the conclave cost the Vatican some seven million euros, according to a report published by the Holy See. The Church has since been less transparent with figures.

Almost all of the 133 cardinals choosing the next pope are staying at the Domus Sanctae Marthae guesthouse, which enjoyed a spruce up in the days before the conclave began.