Roman Catholic cardinals gathered Tuesday in Vatican City to prepare for the Saturday funeral of Pope Francis.

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the ...

A rosary prayer was held at the Vatican, presided by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the day after the death of Pope Francis.

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

The Vatican says Pope Francis' funeral will be held on Saturday, April 26, in front of St. Peter's Basilica after the pontiff ...

A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” Any baptized Catholic ...

Tributes to Pope Francis poured in Tuesday from around the world, from presidents to people of all walks of life, after the ...

The pope's death comes one day after Francis, 88, greeted Easter Sunday crowds in his popemobile. He had battled a ...

Among Pope Francis' last words were "thank you" to his personal nurse, for encouraging him to greet crowds in St. Peter's ...

The first ever cardinal of Roman Catholic-majority East Timor had barely had time to process the news of Pope Francis' death ...

The Vatican has released the first photos that show Pope Francis lying in state after the head of the Catholic church died on ...