Who will be the new Pope? Catholics await the selection of next pontiff In the coming days, opposing views within the ...

Some 120 Cardinals will join a Vatican conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor. The subject of an Oscar-winning film and ...

World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his ...

The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of its preparations for the the conclave to elect the next ...

Exit tourists. Enter cardinals. The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to ...

A little over a year ago, I spent a week living and studying at the Vatican as a guest lecturer at the Pontifical Academy of ...

Whether you are Catholic or not, Pope Francis will be remembered as a significant part of the early 21st century. Seen as a champion of the poor and downtrodden by many or a non-traditionalist by ...

After attending Pope Francis’s funeral Saturday and as they begin pre-conclave meetings to discuss the state of the world and ...

Among the social groups that have lamented Pope Francis’s death in Brazil, the Indigenous peoples seem to be especially ...

As world leaders gather in Rome for Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday, many Catholics are wondering if the church could soon elect its first black pope. With Africa home to one in five Catholics, the ...

Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary ...

With the world mourning the loss of Pope Francis, cardinals gather at the Vatican to choose a date for the conclave that will ...