Last week was quite special for the estimated 1.2 billion Catholics around the world when white smoke billowed across St.

Still, it was an exciting moment for the Americans who were at the Vatican that day. Mariner says he and his wife were in a ...

From the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, the man who had just appeared in a plain white cassock—with no other adornments—bows deeply to receive the blessing from the countless crowd whose ...