His papacy set many new precedents for the church, and his successor will be chosen from a group that he himself quietly ...

The Vatican is beginning the elaborate sequence of events for mourning and burying the pope and choosing his successor.

The next pope will inherit a mixed situation: a church that has grown stronger in certain areas under Francis, yet which ...

Historically, the exact number of votes required to elect a new pope has fluctuated. Under current rules, a minimum ...

Pope Francis, 88, died Monday morning at the Vatican. Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell was seen sealing the door to ...

The pontiff’s death ends a reign that changed the Catholic Church. The process of electing his successor will likely center ...

But Duke theology professor Peter Casarella says what Francis will be most remembered for is his humility and the example he ...

Francis signaled a very different tone for the papacy, stressing humility over hubris for a Catholic Church beset by scandal ...

The first pope from the Americas was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Dec. 17, 1936. He was chosen ...

Two weeks after his surprise election as pontiff, Pope Francis carried out the Maundy Thursday ritual of washing and kissing ...

Pope Francis' upcoming funeral will be slightly different than past papal funerals after he chose to revise the rules and end ...

Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, has died at the age of 88, following a long asthmatic respiratory crisis, ...