Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next ...

When the cardinals meet for the conclave, they gather in the Sistine Chapel. All cardinal electors must swear an oath of ...

Whoever succeeds Pope Francis will inherit his momentous and controversial legacy of relations with Indigenous people ...

The papal conclave to replace Pope Francis will begin Wednesday, May 7, the Vatican said on Monday. Cardinals will convene at ...

The funeral of Pope Francis gave Catholics across the globe the chance to bid farewell to a beloved pontiff – and for world ...

Royalty and political leaders, including President Trump, attend the Mass in St. Peter’s Square.

With delegations from about 130 countries present at Pope Francis' funeral, the seating chart needed to be organized ...

Bishop John Dolan gave a sermon on the Sunday after Pope Francis died in which he recalled the church leader's tendency to ...

In a break from tradition, Pope Francis chose to be buried outside the Vatican at the Basilica of St. Mary Major (Santa Maria ...

The funeral of Pope Francis — the world’s first Argentinean pontiff — will be held in Rome early Saturday as Catholics around ...

The late pontiff was first Jesuit, the first Latin American, and first and last a priest, walking beside people on their ...

The church is divided. The problem is to find the one who unites, not pretend that it isn’t divided,” one church historian ...