VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis set the tone for a new, humbler papacy on Tuesday with a call for the defense of the weak and the environment, saying this was the way to prevent the triumph of death and destruction. Full story
From sunrise to sunset, see clouds dance above beautiful St. Peter's Basilica, the crown jewel of Vatican City.
(Reuters) - Roman Catholic Cardinals begin a conclave on Tuesday to elect the Church's 266th pontiff and a successor to Pope Benedict, who abdicated unexpectedly last month. Full story
Presiding over Ash Wednesday services inside a packed St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Pope Benedict was wheeled along the central aisle as a choir sang, preceded by dozens of cardinals, who will decide his successor. ITN Europe Editor, James Mates reports from the Vatican.
Monday's (Feb. 11) surprising announcement by Pope Benedict XVI that he was resigning from the papacy struck some observers like a bolt out of the blue. Full story
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, leading the world's Roman Catholics into Christmas, on Monday urged people to find room for God in their fast-paced lives filled with the latest technological gadgets. Full story
Tapestries hang on Saint Peter's Basilica as Pope Francis leaves a canonization mass at the Vatican May 12, 2013. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini
Tapestries hang on Saint Peter's Basilica during a canonization mass led by Pope Francis at the Vatican May 12, 2013. The Pope is leading a mass on Sunday for candidates for sainthood Antonio Primaldo, Mother Laura Montoya and Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini (VATICAN - Tags
The tapestry of mother Laura Montoya hangs on Saint Peter's Basilica during a canonization mass led by Pope Francis at the Vatican May 12, 2013. The Pope leads a mass on Sunday for Antonio Primaldo, mother Laura Montoya and Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini (VATICAN - Tags: R
