A new pope will be selected to lead the Catholic Church following the death of Pope Francis. The pope is chosen during a ...

The secretive process will see Catholic cardinals vote on who will become the new pope and take the reins of the 1.39 billion ...

The highly secretive meeting - the Conclave - to choose the next pope takes place inside the Sistine Chapel, complete with ...

The cardinals elected Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis, the first pope from Latin America, the first Jesuit, ...

Historic St. Mary's City, a Maryland-based museum and archaeological organization, is opening up a reconstructed 17th-century ...

P ope Francis, the reform-minded Roman Catholic leader who guided the church through an era of crisis, died Monday, April 21, ...

Hundreds of thousands are expected to pay their respects to Pope Francis as he lies in state at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. In the past, the pope's body was placed on a raised platform ...

What happens when a Pope dies is a hugely choreographed and rehearsed series of events, that have been replicated over the ...

THE Pope’s successor will be selected by a Conclave in an ancient and secret process that has remained unchanged for hundreds ...

What really happens when the papal seat falls vacant? What comes next for the Church — and for over a billion Catholics ...

The King and Queen had a “very significant and special” meeting with the ailing Pope Francis, who has died at the age of 88, ...

How the Catholic community will mourn Pope Francis, funeral details and the process of selecting a new leader explained ...