The late pontiff's radical housing choice broke with centuries of tradition and revealed everything about his vision for a ...

The Vatican has released solemn images of Pope Francis lying in his open casket, marking the start of nine days of mourning ...

The papal transition follows ancient traditions, shifting spiritual leadership for over a billion Catholics and changing the ...

Alongside the will, the Vatican announced the pope died following a stroke that led to irreversible heart failure ...

Pope Francis died on Monday morning, the Vatican announced, just hours after his last public appearance. The head of the ...

As church bells tolled across Rome to mark Pope Francis’s death, cardinals from across the world began making their way to ...

Former Archbishop of Buenos Aires sought to bring ‘common touch’ and modernising influence to Vatican, speaking passionately ...