As tens of thousands of Catholics waited in hourslong lines to pay their respects to Pope Francis, many were debating the ...

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The death of Pope Francis has triggered a period of mourning in the Vatican and signals the start of a millennia-old process ...

Meet the Irish-American Camerlengo and Italian dean who are in charge of administering the Church during this interim period.

There are just a handful of Catholic cardinals across the UK and Ireland, some of whom are expected to cast a vote for the ...

Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, announced the sad news that 88-year-old Pope Francis passed away at around ...

Pope Francis changed the face of the modern papacy more than any predecessor by shunning much of its pomp and privilege, but ...

Pope Francis changed the face of the modern papacy more than any predecessor by shunning much of its pomp and privilege, but ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who was born in Ireland and who became a naturalized ... s Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, a significant Catholic church and papal basilica. He had arranged for an ...

Inherited a deeply divided Church after Benedict XVI's resignation in 2013 Appointed 80% of cardinal electors ... but his attempts to make the Catholic Church more inclusive and less judgmental ...