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

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

A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” It implies the sacred ...

There may come a time when we look back on the last decade as an anomaly in the modern history of the Catholic Church. Pope Francis – the figurehead of these years, and a radical by the standards of ...

A priest who helped organise Pope Francis’s visit to Ireland in 2018 has recalled watching the pontiff compose his personal apology to victims of abuse in the Catholic Church. Father Tim Bartlett said ...

The funeral and burial of a pope who dies in office should take place “between the fourth and sixth day after death,” the ...

Pope Francis has died at the age of 88. Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, was born on Dec. 17, 1936, and was elected the 266th pope of the Catholic Church ...

Pope Francis died on the morning of Easter Monday, leaving many wondering who his successor will be amid the gloal outpouring ...

Jacque Schrag/Axios Pope Francis was the third twenty-first century pope — ascending after his predecessor, Benedict XVI, shocked the world with a resignation, the first in six centuries. The big ...

Charles and Camilla’s meeting with the Pope in what would be his final weeks was arranged at the last minute and took place ...

Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five children to ...