A hush reigned over the normally boisterous St. Peter’s Square on Monday as the faithful and the curious alike gathered at ...

After Pope Francis’ funeral, 135 cardinals will gather for a conclave to elect a new pope. The traditions include oaths of secrecy, paper ballots and white smoke from a chimney of the Sistine Chapel.

Pope Francis' favorite painting was Marc Chagall's "White Crucifixion." Here's what the Nazi-era artwork teaches about the ...

Priests from around the world mourned the passing of Pope Francis at the Vatican April 21 while reflecting on the late ...

That’s one of the clear lessons of the late Pope Francis’s pontificate. When the Argentinian pontiff died Monday morning, he had been visibly ailing for some five years, at least since his alarming ...

The world reacted on Monday to the announcement from the Vatican of the death of pope Francis. Leaders paid tribute, ...

Members of the 1.4 billion-member global Catholic community expressed grief on Monday at the death of Pope Francis aged 88, ...