The body of Pope Francis was carried in a solemn procession Wednesday from his residence within the walls of the Vatican City ...

The faithful will be flocking to Rome to honor the death of Pope Francis, with his funeral scheduled for Saturday April 26.

No one knows who the world's Catholic cardinals will choose to succeed Pope Francis as the new leader of the global Catholic ...

The word itself predates Christianity, but the conclave with its secretive deliberations and ancient trappings still captures ...

Pope Francis is lying in state in St Peter's Basilica, where tens of thousands of mourners will file past his open casket ...

The body of Pope Francis was moved Wednesday morning to St. Peter’s Basilica for three days of public mourning for an ...

Cardinals are seeking a unifying figure to bridge the Church’s divisions, with contenders like Cardinal Parolin, Grech, and ...

Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, lies in state at Saint Peter’s Basilica as thousands of ...

Wilton Littlechild remembers closing his eyes before Pope Francis led his first mass at the Vatican more than a decade ago.

Cardinals, meanwhile, met in private to finalize preparations for Saturday’s funeral and plan the conclave to elect Francis’ ...

A Catholic priest, Father Gabriel Romanelli of Holy Family Parish in the Gaza Strip shared what Pope Francis told him in ...

The death of a pope triggers a centuries-old ritual to elect a new one, involving sacred oaths, the piercing of ballots with ...