Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21 ...

The date was chief on the agenda of cardinals holding informal meetings Monday to work out church business following the ...

Pope Francis was laid to rest over the weekend in Rome, after a funeral mass in Vatican City. As millions watched the proceedings on television, a Winchester, Virginia, priest was in the city to ...

"The Slum Pope has died. Long live the pope of the poor, the marginalised, the disenfranchised," the world cried. Now that ...

Photos of Pope Francis’ final resting place have been shared following his funeral. Francis, who led the Catholic Church for ...

The conclave, held to select a new pope, will begin in nine days. The College of Cardinals — the cardinals within the ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Roman Catholic cardinals will begin their conclave to elect the Church's 267th pontiff and a ...

North Korea acknowledged for the first time Monday that it had provided troop reinforcements to aid Russia in its war on ...

Pope Francis was laid to rest as hundreds of thousands of people poured into Vatican City to pay their respects.

The status of an Italian cardinal is being debated as preparations get under way for the May 7 conclave to elect a successor ...