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Reports that the leader of Argentina's Jesuits didn't do enough to protect two priests kidnapped and tortured during Argentina's military dictatorship are believed to be anti-clerical elements used to attack the church, according to the Vatican. NBC's Anne Thompson reports. (Nightly News)
Time-lapse video shows Vatican City and Rome in motion amid the run-up to the announcement of the new Pope. (NBCNews.com)
The new pope's path to the Vatican began more than 70 years ago in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he was born to Italian immigrants. He turned to the priesthood in 1969 and decades later has become the first pope from the Americas. NBC's Lester Holt reports. (TODAY)
People from around the world who gathered in St. Peter's Square react to the election of Pope Francis (NBCNews.com)
The Vatican bank has denied allegations of corruption, but in 2009 the pope tasked Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano to clean up the Vatican's finances. Vignano started to ask some tough questions about possible kickbacks, favoritism and how the Vatican's money was being spent. NBC's Richard Engel reports. (TODAY)
Vatican workers hoisted a chimney onto the roof of the Sistine Chapel on Saturday to prepare for the conclave that will elect a successor to Pope Benedict. NBC's Anne Thompson reports. (Nightly News)
Greg Burke, the Vatican's communications adviser, gave a sneak-peek into the way the cardinals will nominate the new pope. Burke said they will look for "somebody who imitates Christ and credibly can give that message to the rest of the world." TODAY's Erica Hill interviews Burke. (TODAY)
NBC News Special Report: NBC's Savannah Guthrie and Ann Thompson recap Pope Benedict XVI's farewell tour from the Vatican to Castel Gandolfo. (NBC News)
Benedict XVI departs the Vatican for the last time as Pope aboard a helicopter en route to Castel Gandolfo in Lazio, Italy. (NBC News)
As cardinals gather for the election of a new pope, the Vatican was sharply critical of a wave of reports in the Italian media. NBC's Anne Thompson reports. (Nightly News)