According to tradition, the camerlengo certifies the pope’s death, seals the papal apartment and breaks the pope’s ...

Pope Francis passed away at the age of 88 on Monday, April 21 after a final appearance at St. Peter's Square following Easter ...

An elderly man was injured after falling 10 feet off a wooden cross at a Good Friday reenactment in West Virginia.

This is Latin for “having had mercy and choosing him” — a phrase that Francis chose as his motto when he was elevated to ...

An Irish cardinal acting as the head of the Catholic church on an interim basis following the death of Pope Francis has an ...

Pope Francis’ funeral has been set for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, and a viewing of his body will begin on ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, a cardinal from the United States has become acting head of the Vatican until a new ...

Edward Berger's Conclave is a fictional take on the closed-door process of appointing a new pontiff, which is set to begin ...

Navarrosa, who is currently writing his thesis on the pope’s 2016 encyclical 'Amoris Laetitia,' recalls meeting Francis in ...

Faithful from around the world are pouring into the Vatican, where Pope Francis' body will go on display Wednesday, ahead of ...