Lashed by an off-season typhoon, Pope Francis stepped out on a rain-soaked makeshift stage in front of hundreds of thousands ...

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — People across the world are reflecting on how Pope Francis changed their lives, including those who have ...

Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1936, Francis was the first pope from the Americas, the first ...

As head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis demonstrated humility, helped others and moved the church forward, qualities ...

Vatican and Beijing will be moving towards a more harmonious and conciliatory relationship no matter who the next pope is, ...

Pope Francis had earlier expressed that he wants to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, which makes him the ...

Pope Francis' funeral will be held on Saturday (April 26) in St Peter's Square, Roman Catholic cardinals decided on Tuesday, ...

A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius VII in 1809 is to go under the hammer ...

Members of the College of Cardinals will cast their votes behind the closed and locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.

Senior Vatican Cardinal Pietro Parolin led a rosary prayer at the St Mary Major Basilica in Rome on Tuesday evening, ...

The United States has 17 cardinals, 10 of whom are eligible to vote in the election of the next pope, according to the Vatican. The country with the most cardinals is Italy, which has 51, including 17 ...

Jacqueline Kennedy really had a good bead on the Catholic Church. "The Church may have flaws," she once observed. "But she ...