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Jon Snow
No-one is convinced the Vatican Bank, designed to hold the donations and gifts of the faithful, is complying with the highest spiritual and temporal aspirations of Catholic worshippers.
A replacement for Pope Benedict should be chosen soon. How will he be elected and what is the significance of black and white smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel roof?
Jorge Mario Bergoglio is chosen as Latin America’s first pontiff and will be known as Pope Francis I.
Pope Francis is chosen as the new head of the Catholic church – watch Jonathan Miller’s report.
All 115 runners and riders lined up in the paddock of the Basilica to celebrate Mass, all dressed in splendid red and white, writes Jonathan Rugman in Rome.
As the quest for a new Pope enters its second day, watch Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow take to the streets of the Vatican City to find out what sort of leader people want.
It will be letting the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics down if this conclave does not choose a pontiff who breathes new life into the institution.
Cardinals hold final discussions on the state of the Roman Catholic church, the day before they seclude themselves from the world to elect a new pontiff.
“I am no longer the Pope, I am just a pilgrim,” declares Pope Benedict XVI as he leaves Vatican City in a white helicopter and steps down from office.
Alex Gibney who made a documentary on church sex claims says the Catholic Church covered up “crimes”, but Father Robert Gahl from Rome’s Pontifical University says the pope dealt robustly with abuse.
Pope Benedict XVI delivers a personal final farewell to thousands of people on Wednesday and alludes to the Church’s troubles, saying at times it felt like “God was sleeping”.
People lined the streets and poured into parks for the Pope’s visit to the UK in 2010 – here’s how Channel 4 News covered the first day of his visit.
The Pope is to resign at the end of February, saying that he no longer has the “strength of mind and body” required to “adequately fulfil the ministry entrusted to me”.
With Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation, eyes will now turn to who his successor might be – but who are the runners and riders?
As the Pope announces he will stand down at the end of February, the Archbishop of Liverpool Patrick Kelly tells Channel 4 News Benedict XVI will go down as “one of the very great Popes”.