U.S. Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, the "camerlengo" or chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church, announced to the world that Pope ...

Later in the morning, local Churches started tolling the death knell from their bell towers. The request had come from ...

With Pope Francis' death, the practical aspects of overseeing the day-to-day needs of the church fall to U.S. Cardinal Kevin ...

The secretive process will see Catholic cardinals vote on who will become the new pope and take the reins of the 1.39 billion ...

Pope Francis, who passed away at age 88, was hailed as a reformer and landmark pope for his decision to move the church to ...

THE Pope’s successor will be selected by a Conclave in an ancient and secret process that has remained unchanged for hundreds ...

Pope Francis's death comes after a series of health struggles. He held his final public appearance on Easter Sunday.

Pope Francis meets briefly with U.S. Vice President JD Vance, and his translator, in the papal residence, the Domus Sanctae ...

Pope Francis had lived in the Santa Marta guest house in the Vatican, not far from St Peter's Basilica, since his election in ...

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

A convalescing Pope Francis was greeted by cheers as he appeared on the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica as a stand-in ...