Tributes to Pope Francis pour in from around the world with Vatican set to published details of funeral and conclave ...

Africans are hoping one of their own could become the first Black pope in modern history and build on Francis's legacy of ...

Pope Francis Francis died April 21 at 88, after battling a respiratory infection since Feb. 14. What happens next?

Francis broke from tradition and asked for a "simple" burial in Rome's Basilica of Saint Mary Major instead of St. Peter's ...

For months, the pontiff spoke by telephone almost every night with people sheltering in a Catholic church in the battered ...

When Pope Francis sat with his head in his hands and listened to accounts of clerical sexual abuse for an hour longer than ...

The Holy See Press Office announced Tuesday that the funeral Mass for Pope Francis will take place on Saturday, April 26, at ...

Pope Francis didn’t affirm same-sex marriage or lobby for ordaining women as priests. But he gently steered the Catholic ...

Who will be the next pope? The decision could have a profound impact on the Catholic Church and the world's 1.4 billion ...

In the papal conclave to elect a new pope, here's a look at what the color of smoke (black or white) means after each vote.

Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Francis loved soccer and tango, once worked as a bar doorman and was known to shun the pomp of ...