The body of Pope Francis was carried in a solemn procession Wednesday from his residence within the walls of the Vatican City ...

Michael Loughran is a fourth year engineering student at Queen's – he described meeting Pope Francis as an inspiration. "Whenever he spoke there was always a calmness he would bring and you would be ...

Books of condolence hae been opened across Northern Ireland following the death of Pope Francis. Members of the public can ...

On a chilly, cloudy morning in Rockland County, Rev. Steven Neier led a joyful yet solemn Easter Monday Mass at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Congers.

If stones could speak, Ireland’s place names would be their voice—a living memory etched across fields, rivers, and mountains ...

Pope Francis has died at age 88. The Vatican said Francis suffered a stroke which led to a coma and his heart to fail, as he ...

At a time when nationalism, a concept long held in contempt by Francis, is surging again in the West, the church now finds ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88, marking the end of his 12-year papacy. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Pope Francis ...

Pope Francis passed away at 7:35 a.m. local time on Easter Monday, April 21, at his residence in the Vatican’s Casa Santa ...

After the ballots are pierced, they are burned in a cylindrical stove at the end of the voting session. Black smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney means no decision; white smoke signals the cardinals ...

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.