Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church, passed away on Monday, April 21, aged 88, leaving people wondering what will ...

Tourists who have booked to visit Rome in the coming weeks will experience the city during a rare historical moment. ...

Since Pope Francis’s death on Easter Monday, leaders from around the world have shared their tributes to the late pontiff, as ...

Oscar Crespo was watching TV in his native Buenos Aires when he saw the white smoke appearing above the Sistine Chapel at the ...

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

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to choose the new pope. Here's what happens next.

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 ...

The pontiff's body will be on display in St Peter's Basilica for the public to pay their respects from Wednesday morning.

The Philippines is poised to make history as three Filipino cardinals—Luis Antonio Tagle, Jose Advincula, and Pablo Virgilio ...

After the ballots are pierced, they are burned in a cylindrical stove at the end of the voting session. Black smoke from the ...

Many of the rituals and procedures of selecting a new pope — designed to ensure secrecy and an orderly transition — have ...