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

Pope Francis's death sets an ancient machinery into motion. Soon, with a puff of smoke, the last absolute monarchy in Europe ...

The conclave to elect a new pope is held at the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican and the cardinals are secluded to ensure ...

Pope Francis' death sets into motion a series of formalized rites and observances that occur during what is called the ...

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

With the death of Pope Francis at age 88, Christian world now awaits papal conclave, which will conclude with white smoke rising from Sistine Chapel—signaling the new pope's election.

Pope Francis' September 11 meeting with Dominican Father Gustavo Gutierrez was an informal one, held in the in the pope's residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, and not listed on his official schedule.