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

The death of Pope Francis has impacted travel plans for many members of the religious community who were scheduled to visit ...

Despite having the world's fastest-growing Catholic population, odds are against Africa producing the next pontiff.

Pope Francis met former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at Dublin Castle in 2018 as part of a two-day visit to the Republic of Ireland ...

A funeral will be held on Saturday for the pope, who changed the rules to make such ceremonies simpler than those ...

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

As news of the pope’s death traveled across the globe, observers fondly remembered a man who bought his own eyeglasses, got ...

Following the death of Pope Francis on Monday, cardinals will convene in Vatican City to elect a successor. Here are a few ...

Father Romanelli recalled how, over the past 19 months, the Holy Father has maintained constant contact with Gaza.

Pope Francis’s body will be laid out for public view on Wednesday as mourners flock to the Vatican ahead of his funeral. The ...

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 ...

Since news broke on Monday that Pope Francis had died just hours after celebrating Easter Sunday, millions of people seem to ...