Pope Francis took his leave from us Easter Monday, hours after delivering his "Urbi et Orbi" Easter blessing to a packed St.

As the Vatican prepares for the secret meeting of cardinals who will pick a successor to Pope Francis, forget - to some ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” ...

Sacramento Bishop Jaime Soto said that, like other Catholics around the world, he’ll be praying as cardinals from around the ...

William, the Prince of Wales, will attend the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday on behalf of his father, King Charles III, ...

Pope Francis — the first pontiff from the Americas, who clashed with traditional Catholics but was hailed as a reformer by progressives — died on Monday, a day after Easter, at age 88. The pope had ...

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

The winner must receive at least two-thirds of the vote from those cardinals under age 80 and thus eligible to participate.

Centuries of experience dealing with the death, or occasional resignation, of a pope has left the Catholic Church with ...

Pope Francis’s devoted faithful will likely soon be hollering for the late, humble, huddled-masses-loving pontiff to be ...

Now, as tradition dictates, the late pontiff's signet ring will be destroyed - or defaced, at least - within the walls of the ...