In earlier centuries, papal funerals have been elaborate affairs, ceremonies befitting a Renaissance prince. But in recent ...

The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a successor, the piercing of ballots with a needle and thread after they’re counted, and then burning ...

At last count there were 252 cardinals, of whom 141 were eligible to vote in a papal conclave (though there is no definitive ...

A change in popes is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the transition in leadership for both the ...

The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a successor, the piercing ...

As the Church prepares to elect a new pope, the rise of the Global South may shape the next chapter of Catholic ...

Catholics throughout the Peninsula are mourning the death of Pope Francis, who died earlier today (April 21) at the age of 88 ...

Like his predecessors, Pope Francis was selected using an age-old method — a system known as the Papal conclave.

Pope Francis had an informal, lighthearted speaking style, and sometimes he even created words in a combination of his native ...

Though a vote to name a new pope is weeks away, correspondents from Fox News and CNN tell The Hollywood Reporter they will be ...

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.