Cardinals this week will start in-depth discussions on planning the conclave to choose Pope Francis' successor. No date has ...

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

Lisbon is one of the oldest European cities. Founded by the Phoenicians, Lisbon was also home to the Romans, the Alans, and ...

St. John died in a building behind the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral on Capitol Hill. The room where he died is a ...

After Pope Francis' funeral, the Catholic Church shifts focus to the conclave, where cardinals will elect the next pope. This ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — More than 250,000 people paid their last respects to Pope Francis over three days of public viewing by ...

Rep. Steve Scalise, from Jefferson Parish, will lead a delegation from the U.S. House of Representatives to Pope Francis' ...

Reading like the lyrics to a popular song or poem from modern times, ancient Greek poems have prompted new insights into ...

The clash in style between Donald Trump and Pope Francis and their positions on migration, the environment and poverty will ...

Alongside the gossip and the gallows humor, the ancient and solemn rituals continue,” Chiara Barzini writes from Italy.

For many of us who slipped away from the Church, Pope Francis represented the kindness we were always looking for and still strive to embody.

A change in popes is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the transition in leadership for both the ...