Following the death of Pope Francis, a cardinal from the United States has become acting head of the Vatican until a new ...

Still, there are always front-runners, known as “papabile,” who have at least some of the qualities considered necessary to ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell became the acting head of the Vatican after Pope Francis’s death on Monday. Farrell is the camerlengo ...

The pope's death comes one day after Francis, 88, greeted Easter Sunday crowds in his popemobile. He had battled a ...

The man leading the Catholic Church in the aftermath of the death of Pope Francis will be familiar to many faithful in North ...

With the death of Pope Francis, announced by the Vatican on Monday, Roman Catholics around the globe will start speculating ...

Travel plans published ahead of Vance's trip did not include a scheduled meeting between the vice president and Pope Francis.

The night before the funeral, the camerlengo will preside over the closing and sealing of the coffin in the presence of other ...

The Vatican has postponed the canonization of Carlo Acutis, who was set to become the Catholic Church's first millennial ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the camerlengo, presided over the rite in the chapel of Pope Francis’ Vatican residence, the Casa ...

Africa is home to some of the fastest-growing Catholic populations in the world and has over 250 million Catholics.

Even though cardinals don’t campaign for the job, there are always front-runners going into a conclave to choose the next ...