The death of Pope Francis has impacted travel plans for many members of the religious community who were scheduled to visit ...

Oscar Crespo was watching TV in his native Buenos Aires when he saw the white smoke appearing above the Sistine Chapel at the ...

A funeral will be held on Saturday for the pope, who changed the rules to make such ceremonies simpler than those ...

The Vatican has announced Pope Francis's funeral will take place on Saturday at 10:00 local time. It will be led by the dean ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell was handpicked by Pope Francis to be camerlengo, which involves running the Vatican in the days ...

Monsignor Don Fischer says he had been waiting for a leader like Pope Francis since he studied at the Vatican in the late ...

Despite having the world's fastest-growing Catholic population, odds are against Africa producing the next pontiff.

The office of pope, successor of St. Peter, has always been steeped in symbolism. But as popes came and went, one symbol has ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” ...

In the weeks that follow the passing of a pontiff, the city of Rome, and the Vatican in particular, comes alive with ...

Here is an explanation of some of the terms and practices related to the time between the death of Pope Francis April 21 and ...

Pope Francis’s body will be laid out for public view on Wednesday as mourners flock to the Vatican ahead of his funeral. The ...