Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the acting head of the Catholic Church, spent most of his career in the U.S. before being called to ...

To become the next pope, the candidate must receive at least two-thirds of the vote from those cardinals who are under age 80 ...

Pope Francis died Monday at the age of 88. As tributes pour in from around the world, the Vatican faces a transition.

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

In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the Gaza ...

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Remembering Pope Francis, the Catholic Church leader who broke with tradition 10:43. Rome — Pope Francis, who challenged ...

Pope Francis sought to make the church more welcoming, global and collegial, after his predecessors adopted more doctrinaire ...

After Pope Francis died at the age of 88, many are wondering about the process in which new popes are selected ...

VATICAN CITY, — Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church for the past 12 years, has died at age 88. The head of the ...

A new pope will be selected to lead the Catholic Church following the death of Pope Francis. The pope is chosen during a ...

The late pontiff’s health concerns in recent years led to contenders to succeed him known a papabile emerging even before his ...