Rooted in ancient Christian and Roman customs, the Novendiales is a period of nine consecutive days dedicated to mourning the ...

Pope Francis' death on Monday, the day after Easter Sunday, started off a series of traditions that in a few weeks will ...

Pope Francis' death has set in motion the centuries-old process of finding a new leader for the Catholic Church.

Here is a look back at Francis’ appointment as pope in March 2013. From the archives: A look back at Francis’ appointment as ...

The United States has 17 cardinals, 10 of whom are eligible to vote in the election of the next pope, according to the ...

Some observers believe O'Malley may have the best chance of any American cardinal of being chosen as the next leader of the ...

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.

The world continues to mourn the passing of Pope Francis.But within the walls of the Vatican, an ancient and elaborate ...

During Francis’s papacy, evangelical Protestantism and secularism continued to remake Latin America’s religious geography, ...

After Pope Francis’s death at the age of 88, the process of electing the next pontiff will begin. Cardinal electors, the vast ...

Argentina-born Pope Francis, who died on Monday, is being honoured at his local hometown soccer club in Buenos Aires, San ...