A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” Any baptized Catholic ...

Tributes to Pope Francis poured in Tuesday from around the world, from presidents to people of all walks of life, after the ...

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the ...

VATICAN CITY - In the chapel of the Vatican's Santa Marta residence, where Pope Francis lived and died, a nun prayed on ...

Sister Mary, who came from Kenya to Rome, tells Sky News the world is facing "a very sad moment because the Pope left us ...

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process. These are the need-to-know terms — some of them ...

This is Latin for “having had mercy and choosing him” — a phrase that Francis chose as his motto when he was elevated to ...

The United States has 17 cardinals, 10 of whom are eligible to vote in the election of the next pope, according to the ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, 21 April 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta ...

Atmosphere of resignation pervades St Peter’s Square in the Vatican as Irish tourists and others reflect on late pontiff’s ...

Sunny Hostin said, "This pope changed things for me" after she "struggled with being a Catholic" over the church's stances on ...

The Vatican has released images of the late Pope Francis’ body lying in state at the Vatican. It comes ahead of his funeral ...