The papal conclave will commence in May, when the cardinals will meet at St. Peter's Basilica and pray for the wisdom to ...

During his 12-year papacy, Pope Francis introduced significant changes to the Catholic Church, notably increasing the ...

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When Pope Francis died, he was recovering at the Vatican after a five-week hospital stay for double pneumonia and other ...

Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu's decision to withdraw from the upcoming conclave to elect a successor to the late Pope ...

World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his ...

A conclave to choose a new pope normally takes place 15 to 20 days after the death of a pontiff, meaning this conclave should ...

LONDON and ROME -- The Vatican released photos of the tomb of Pope Francis, who was buried on Saturday in the Basilica of St.

On Easter, the visibly ailing pope gave a brief audience to ... but unlike most popes, Francis will not be buried in the Vatican. True to his lifetime devotion to austerity—he lived in a two ...

A look at some of the hundreds of thousands of Catholics from around the world who flocked to Vatican City to pay their ...