The former bishop of Dallas has assumed the role of the acting head of the Catholic Church following the death of Pope Francis.

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

The death of Pope Francis has triggered a period of mourning in the Vatican and signals the start of a millennia-old process ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. Here ...

Following the Pope’s death, the Catholic Church enters a period known as “sede vacante”—Latin for "the seat being vacant." ...

Following the death of Pope Francis — the first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble and pastoral ...

Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, has died at the age of 88, the Vatican announced today. Francis, who was born ...

The late pope's passing was announced earlier on Monday morning with bells tolling in Catholic churches from Latin America to ...

Pope Francis’ formal apartment in the Vatican has been sealed - a part of the rituals in declaring a “sede vacante” or vacant ...