With the death of Pope Francis, attention now turns to the selection of his successor. The next pope will be chosen in what<a ...

Pope Francis' funeral is set for Saturday and during the official nine days of mourning the college of cardinals assembles to ...

A boy from Rhode Island was the heart of one of the first viral images of Pope Francis' papacy, in an embrace seen around the ...

The Catholic Church is grieving throughout the world, including in Maryland, after the death of Pope Francis, who died Monday ...

Navarrosa, who is currently writing his thesis on the pope’s 2016 encyclical 'Amoris Laetitia,' recalls meeting Francis in ...

SAN ANSELMO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom, widely viewed as a potential contender for the 2028 Democratic presidential ...

Many expect the next pontiff to carry forward elements of Francis' legacy. Yet, sharp divisions remain over doctrine, ...

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

Pope Francis' funeral has been scheduled for 10 a.m. local time (4 a.m. Eastern) on Saturday in front of St. Peter's Basilica ...

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

This is Latin for “having had mercy and choosing him” — a phrase that Francis chose as his motto when he was elevated to ...

If any of the African candidates are chosen to be the next pope, the Vatican would see their first African pope in history (not considering the theories that three popes from the past were born in ...