The world is mourning Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday aged 88 from a cerebral stroke and subsequent heart failure. His funeral will be on Saturday, the Vatican has announced after a meeting of ...

To be eligible to participate in the conclave, members of the College of Cardinals have to be under 80 years old. This means that as of 2025, only 135 members of the College of Cardinals are allowed ...

Washington — President Trump honored Pope Francis after the Vatican announced Monday morning that the pontiff died at the age ...

Pope Francis presided over the Catholic Church for more than a decade. The pontiff had suffered a number of health issues in recent years, and was growing increasingly frail before his passing.

World leaders have issued tributes and condolences after the death of Pope Francis was announced on Monday, one day after 1.4 ...

In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the Gaza Strip to see how people huddled inside were coping with a devastating war ...

The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to choose the new pope. Here's what happens next.

Pope Francis, who died on Monday, called for " a church for the poor ," a church that would reach out to what he called the ...

While Donald Trump's self-admiration is not exactly an unknown quality, a claim has surfaced online that he once called himself the 'King of Israel' ...

The Catholic world has been cast into uncertainty after Pope Francis died at the age of 88 on Easter Monday. Devotees were ...

The Vatican has announced that the Pope is dead. A series of arcane rites now occur and then the complex process of naming a ...

An Italian boy nicknamed “God’s influencer” who died from leukemia in 2006 at age 15 is set to become the Catholic Church’s ...