A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the ...

Tributes to Pope Francis poured in Tuesday from around the world, from presidents to people of all walks of life, after the ...

A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” Any baptized Catholic ...

The Vatican laid out a plan for Pope Francis' funeral and the period of mourning following the pontiff's death. The funeral ...

However, the lack of mention of a hammer in the Vatican's official documents addressing the rites following a pope's death ...

The cardinals set the funeral for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, to be celebrated by the dean of the College of ...

Following Pope Francis’s death, speculation is mounting over potential successors, including Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke from ...

VATICAN CITY - In the chapel of the Vatican's Santa Marta residence, where Pope Francis lived and died, a nun prayed on ...

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process. These are the need-to-know terms — some of them ...

Khammam: Khammam Catholic Diocese Bishop Dr Sagili Prakash mourned the demise of Pope Francis in Vatican City on Monday while ...

The United States has 17 cardinals, 10 of whom are eligible to vote in the election of the next pope, according to the ...

Pope Francis, who died on Monday at the age of 88, was the first Latin American and Jesuit pontiff. He was also the first to choose the name Francis, dedicating his life to working with the poor and ...