Among the many traditions and rituals that come into play following the death of a pope, one that has once again garnered ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a ...

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

The Pope was in a critical state as he battled respiratory complications at Rome's Gemelli Hospital. His ill health cast ...

Ahead of the conclave to select the next pope, names circulating include cardinals Bo of Myanmar, Tagle of the Philippines ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear ...

Pope Francis was the 266th pontiff, having taken over from Pope Benedict in 2013. Francis made history as the first pope ...

Every pope has his critics. But Pope Francis’ conservative opponents were unique in that they actually had a living alternate ...

Do you know how many papal conclaves there have been in your lifetime? Here’s how many conclaves there were in the last 100 years.

The death of Pope Francis officially came from the camerlengo, a position in the Catholic church held by a man with Dallas ...

Farrell, who served as a bishop of the Diocese of Dallas in Texas from 2007 to 2016, was named as camerlengo of the Holy ...