They want calm and for the Vatican to cause as little heartburn as possible,” one source told The Post of cardinals voting ...

Pope Francis' funeral will happen five days after the Vatican announced his death at 88 years old on April 21, the day aft er ...

In his final will, Francis said he wanted to be buried at St. Mary Major Basilica, which is home to the Salus Populi Romani ...

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.

Pope Francis’s coffin has arrived at St Peter’s Basilica, where it will lie in state for public viewings for the next three ...

Predicting the next pope can be a notoriously secretive and unpredictable exercise. An old Italian saying even ...

A change in popes is a complicated process. Here are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of news in the coming days.

A friend asked me what I should say about . It's crucial for you to understand the term conclave, which refers to a private ...

The legacy of Pope Francis, who famously exhorted young Catholics to "shake things up" by taking the gospel to "favelas, ...

Hundreds gather at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for prayers for the late pontiff led by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, ...

You may have seen the movie “Conclave.” Here’s what a Vatican insider and a Kansas author say is true (and what is complete ...