Pope Francis was a product and continuation of the Second Vatican movement. His election was somehow prophetic.

Lying in state at St Peter’s Basilica, Francis’s body is low to the ground without any papal regalia next to his body. While ...

As the Catholic Church prepares to elect a new leader, we showcase the movies and series that take us inside the Vatican.

Indeed, some mafia might at various stages been at work. For instance, Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI made his son Cesare Borgia, a bishop at 15 and cardinal at 18. Cesare wielded considerable ...

The Swiss-Italian author of 'The Wizard of the Kremlin' discusses, in an interview with Le Monde, the responsibility that progressives have in the rise of authoritarian leaders backed by tech magnates ...

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About 200 of the 266 men to hold the title of pope hailed from within the borders of Italy. Here is a look at others, like Pope Francis, who didn't.

Among them were Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia. After Alexander VI, the next pope born outside of Italy was a Dutch native, Adrian VI. When he died in 1523, the papacy reverted to Italian hands for ...