As hundreds of millions of people around the world mourn the passing of Pope Francis, the Roman Catholic Church is preparing ...

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump will be attending Pope Francis’ funeral on April 26. Not so long ago, that was a ...

Pope Francis became the church’s 266th in 2013 when the papal conclave elected him after the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI.

The death of Pope Francis means a papal conclave will be held to select a successor, but besides who wins, the public will ...

April 23, the patron saint’s day of Pope Francis, is a holiday at the Vatican and the pope usually celebrated it with acts of ...

Pope Francis had a lifelong passion for football, from supporting San Lorenzo and organising peace-promoting matches to ...

Mystery and drama always surround a conclave, but the deeper issue is the mission of the Catholic Church in the modern world.

For centuries, men assuming the top job in the Roman Catholic Church kept their birth names. That changed with Pope John II.

It is natural to compare a pope to his predecessors. But many of the comparisons being made now betray an ideological edge ...

Let’s begin with the obvious: the Pope has better security than a Bond villain. But what’s perhaps less known—and infinitely ...

Now, as tradition dictates, the late pontiff's signet ring will be destroyed - or defaced, at least - within the walls of the ...

About 200 of the 266 men to hold the title of pope hailed from within the borders of Italy. Here is a look at others, like Pope Francis, who didn't.