Roman Catholic cardinals gathered Tuesday in Vatican City to prepare for the Saturday funeral of Pope Francis.

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

Oscar Crespo was watching TV in his native Buenos Aires when he saw the white smoke appearing above the Sistine Chapel at the ...

As the first Latin American and non-European pope in more than 1,000 years, Pope Francis's presence as the head of one of the ...

William, the Prince of Wales, will attend the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday on behalf of his father, King Charles III, ...

Pope Francis used his position to advance compassion and to call for peace. It is a message the world needed to hear and ...

A change in popes is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the transition in leadership for both the ...

An Irish-born American cardinal was entrusted by Pope Francis to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy ...

The cardinals set the funeral for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, to be celebrated by the dean of the College of ...

Justices Alito and Sotomayor snapped at each other during oral arguments Tuesday as the high court considered a parental ...

The crowds are getting bigger in Vatican City as people pay their respects to Pope Francis and preparations begin for the ...

Any baptized Catholic male is eligible, though only cardinals have been selected since 1378. The winner must receive at least ...