Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor, delaying the ...

A simplified papal funeral will make a fitting farewell for a pontiff who just three days after his surprise election ...

Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21 ...

After a week of global mourning for Pope Francis, who died on Monday at age 88, the pope's funeral will be celebrated on ...

Visitors have been barred from the Sistine Chapel, where the conclave of cardinals will vote to elect the next pope.

With 135 cardinals eligible to vote, the coming conclave is set to be the largest in the history of the Catholic Church and ...

Pope Francis' funeral brought world leaders, monarchs, and hundreds of thousands of people to Rome on Saturday to bid him ...

Pope Francis was laid to rest over the weekend in Rome, after a funeral mass in Vatican City. As millions watched the ...