The secretive process will see Catholic cardinals vote on who will become the new pope and take the reins of the 1.39 billion ...

THE Pope’s successor will be selected by a Conclave in an ancient and secret process that has remained unchanged for hundreds ...

The Pope's death comes just a day after he appeared in St Peter's Square on Sunday to wish "Happy Easter" to worshippers.

With the death of Pope Francis at age 88, Christian world now awaits papal conclave, which will conclude with white smoke ...

Pope Francis' death sets into motion a series of formalized rites and observances that occur during what is called the ...

Pope Francis, a reformer who rattled the Catholic Church's conservatives and inspired some progressives, has died.

The death of Pope Francis I has left followers reeling across the world. But what will happen to the 88-year-old pontiff's ...

Pope Francis I's death now means the Catholic Church is without a leader. Here are five things that must happen between now and the election of a new pontiff ...

Even the moment of the formal verification of the pope’s death takes place in the context of a prayer service “at home” in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae where he lived. The Vatican said that ...

The death of Pope Francis has signalled the start of a series of rituals and procedures that will take place before his ...