Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, the Vatican camerlengo, is from the U.S. and is the acting head of the church in a limited ...

Pope Francis, a reformer who rattled the Catholic Church's conservatives and inspired some progressives, has died.

Pope Francis said he wanted to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore (St. Mary Major), outside the Vatican's ...

Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, announced the sad news that 88-year-old Pope Francis passed away at around ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his successor begins.

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his successor begins.

Bishop Pablo Virgilio Cardinal David, the president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, on Monday asked ...

Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. History’s first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with his humble style and ...

Pope Francis died Monday at 7:35 a.m. (5:35 GMT) in his residence at the Casa Santa Marta, the Vatican’s camerlengo, Cardinal ...

Roman Catholic leaders from across the region praised Pope Francis for his outreach to those on the margins of the church and ...