Cardinals this morning held their first of what will be many daily meetings, cloistered away from the Vatican crowds as they ...

Pope Francis died of a stroke on Monday at the Vatican aged 88. His funeral is to be held later this week in the presence of ...

As tradition dictates, the late pontiff’s signet ring will be destroyed — or defaced, at least — within the walls of the ...

Cardinals are meeting at the Vatican to make the first decisions about running the Catholic Church following the death of ...

But here’s the thing: timing is not causality. The idea that papal deaths somehow signal or foreshadow world wars is ...

From Hollywood to the Vatican, tributes continue to pour in following the death of Pope Francis, whose humility and advocacy ...

Vance is an adult convert to Catholicism who has drawn criticism for his, shall we say unorthodox ideas about the Catholic ...

About 200 of the 266 men to hold the title of pope hailed from within the borders of Italy. Here is a look at others, like Pope Francis, who didn't.

Who is Cardinal Kevin Farrell? The acting head of the Vatican who will orchestrate Pope Francis’s successor - Cardinal Kevin ...

Pope Francis’s funeral will be held in the Vatican on Saturday. The public viewing will begin on Wednesday. The Vatican ...

Pope Francis, who died on April 21 at the age of 88, visited the United States just once, nearly 10 years ago, in September ...

As tributes continue to pour in for Pope Francis—known by many as the “People’s Pope”—the Catholic Church begins the solemn ...