The Catholic Church is currently undergoing a nine-day period of mourning and prayer for the late Pope Francis, but everyone ...

Speculation surrounding a conclave to elect a pope is a time-honored tradition. But for the impending conclave following the ...

Cardinals this week will start in-depth discussions on planning the conclave to choose Pope Francis' successor ...

Pope Francis’ 12-year papacy (2013-2025) was, in many ways, a continuation of his immediate predecessors’ most memorable ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of young people from around the world had come to Rome expecting to rejoice this weekend in the ...

Most of the funeral will be celebrated in Latin, and there will be incense and hymns and Gregorian chants. Attended by dozens ...

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and ...

Pope Francis, who died on Monday at the age of 88, was the first Latin American and Jesuit pontiff. He was also the first to ...

Pope Francis, who led the Catholic Church for nearly 13 years as its first Latin American pontiff, has died at age 88. Pope ...

A new pope does not swoop in and openly set about undoing the legacy of another. But a lot can change as far as style, ...

The Vatican — with its politics, its pageantry and its power — has long been a favorite subject for artists and thinkers.

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