Francis died Monday morning at 7:35 a.m. Central European Summer Time, or 1:35 a.m. Eastern Time, according to the Vatican announcement. He had been pope for 12 years after ascending to the head of ...

US President Donald Trump has already said on social media that he and his wife Melania plan to attend the funeral.

Navarrosa, who is currently writing his thesis on the pope’s 2016 encyclical 'Amoris Laetitia,' recalls meeting Francis in ...

Here are five interesting facts about Cardinal Kevin Farrell, camerlengo of the Apostolic Chamber who will organize a ...

The Vatican has shared a video of Dublin-native Camerlengo Kevin Farrell presiding over rites following the death of Pope Francis on Monday.

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the acting head of the Catholic Church, spent most of his career in the U.S. before being called to ...

As tradition dictates, the late pontiff’s signet ring will be destroyed — or defaced, at least — within the walls of the ...

"At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father," the Vatican announced on Monday.

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

Cardinal Kevin Farrell remembers the day Pope Francis asked him to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy See after the death of one pope and before the election ...

Pope Francis’ funeral will not follow traditional protocols, marking a break from the past as the world mourns the loss of ...

Pope Francis was admired for his humble lifestyle and simple way of living — but with his death, a series of ancient and ...