The White House press secretary said Monday that while no travel is planned "at this time" for Trump to attend the pope's ...

Robert Sarah, 79, of Guinea, the retired head of the Vatican’s liturgy office, has long been considered the best hope for an African pope. Beloved by conservatives, Sarah would signal a return to the ...

Francis mingled with the faithful for about an hour on Easter Sunday, drawing cheers as crowds gathered in St. Peter's Square.

Francis spent a good portion of his final years speaking out against war in Gaza and Ukraine, focusing on the most vulnerable ...

VATICAN CITY, — The last time cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope was in March 2013, following the ...

Pope Francis himself helped rewrite the process for burying the head of the church after the death of his predecessor, Pope ...

After a pope dies, or in the extremely rare case that they resign — like Pope Benedict XVI before Pope Francis — the Vatican ...

Like his predecessors, Pope Francis was selected using an age-old method — a system known as the Papal conclave.

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Argentina, became the pope 12 years ago. He was elected pope by a conclave of 115 ...

Pope Francis was widely considered one of the most liberal popes of the modern era. VATICAN CITY, — Pope Francis, the head of ...

A Freightliner Cascadia with a trailer had a tire blow in the northbound lane, leading to a head-on collision in the southbound lane, according to DPS.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. airstrikes targeting Yemen’s capital killed 12 people and wounded 30 others, the Houthi ...