On the morning after his election, BBC Rome correspondent David Willey reported, the new Pope slipped out of Vatican City in a motorcade of unmarked vehicles to pray in a Roman Basilica.

Researchers were stunned to come across a previously unknown letter of appreciation sent by Christians in Japan’s northeastern Tohoku region to the pope during the early Edo Period (1603-1867) ...

One of four recordings of Cardinal Joseph MacRory speaking about Pope Pius XI, who died 10 February 1939. Part 1 of 4. He speaks about early life of Pope Pius and his work as a librarian.