Pope Francis passed away at age 88 on Monday, after a prolonged illness. The College of Cardinals will elect the new Pope ...

Pope Francis has a deep devotion to the Virgin Mary and always prays at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore before leaving ...

FILE – U.S. Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell presides over a vigil service over the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died ...

Pope Francis’ formal apartment in the Vatican has been sealed, as part of the ritual declaring a “sede vacante” or vacant see - the period between the death of one pope and the election of another.

The photos show the pope dressed in red vestments and lying in a simple, wooden coffin inside the chapel of the Santa Marta ...

The cardinals set the funeral for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, to be celebrated by the dean of the College of ...

Pope Francis’s death on Monday launches the centuries-old Catholic ritual of mourning and selecting a new leader of the ...

Francis made his last public appearance Sunday, delivering an Easter blessing and greeting followers from his popemobile ...

Sede Vacante is the period when the papacy is vacant, and the Church is governed by the camerlengo until a new pope is elected.

Cardinals have taken their first decisions following the death of Pope Francis, setting Saturday as the date for his funeral ...