The Diocese of Sacramento represents one million Catholics in Northern California and they are mourning the loss of Pope ...

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

Pope Francis’ death now sets off the process of allowing the faithful to pay their final respects, first for Vatican ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, the world’s attention now turns to who will replace him. Predicting who will be chosen as the next leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics is notoriously ...

Historically, the exact number of votes required to elect a new pope has fluctuated. Under current rules, a minimum two-thirds majority is needed. If multiple rounds of balloting fail to yield a ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. Here are the key things to know about the death of the Argentine pontiff, history’s first from Latin America, who presided over the ...

Clemente Lisi Religion Unplugged There’s an old Italian adage that warns against betting on the presumed favourites ahead of ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. Here are the key things to know about the death of ...

The death of Pope Francis has triggered a period of mourning in the Vatican and signals the start of a millennia-old process ...

Pope Francis's death sets an ancient machinery into motion. Soon, with a puff of smoke, the last absolute monarchy in Europe ...

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, the former archbishop of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, will be voting in the forthcoming ...