The secretive process will see Catholic cardinals vote on who will become the new Pope and take the reigns of the 1.39 ...

Deeply pained by the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis. In this hour of grief and remembrance, my heartfelt condolences to ...

The process by which a new pope is elected has undergone numerous changes in the nearly two millennia that the Catholic ...

He was witty, lively, good to be with, and the warmth of his personality and interest in others shone out from him.“May he ...

After decades of conservative leadership, Francis tried to reset the course of the Roman Catholic Church, emphasizing ...

Temperatures in Vatican City will range from the low to mid-70s with sunny skies and a few chances of showers and ...

So declared Pope Francis in October 2014, just over a year-and-a-half after he was elected, as he beatified Pope Paul VI, who ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor, ...

Now, said Serenhedd James, editor of Britain’s Catholic Herald magazine, “whoever is elected will be of a centrally conservative disposition; after twelve years of Pope Francis ‘stirring things up,’ ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but ...

P ope Francis, the reform-minded Roman Catholic leader who guided the church through an era of crisis, died Monday, April 21, ...

With Pope Francis' passing, the Roman Catholic Church is focused on electing his replacement. Here's what that means.