Before mourners in their thousands gather in St. Peter’s Square to grieve, before leaders from around the world arrive to pay ...

Maps, graphics explain relatively humble funeral for Pope Francis: public viewing, casket and non-traditional burial site ...

Pope Francis died Monday; here are the front runners for the Vatican leadership, and what they've said about Jews, Israel and ...

Right-wing authoritarians around the world are speculating on an opportunity: the next pope could be one of their own. It ...

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.

Pope Francis sought to empower women and laity in synods, fueling conservatives' worry about LGBTQ+ inclusion and women's ...

Pope Francis didn’t affirm same-sex marriage or lobby for ordaining women as priests. But he gently steered the Catholic ...

Pope Francis, who visited more than 60 countries during his papacy, will make his final journey along the road from Vatican ...

(James Hill | The New York Times) Bishops and cardinals during the funeral service of Pope Benedict XVI at St. Peter's ...

Pope Francis’ funeral will be a more modest event, after the pontiff broke with longstanding Vatican tradition to simplify ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

Pope Francis did call out Hamas as “evil” and called for them to return Israeli hostages. Yet these moments of moral clarity ...