Cardinals are high-ranking officials of the Catholic Church whose main duties include advising, governing the Roman Curia, ...

People lined up from the early hours of Sunday to bid farewell to Pope Francis in front of his tomb in the Papal Basilica of ...

Pope Francis died at age 88 on April 21, setting off a series of centuries-old rituals to select a new leader of the Catholic ...

The late pontiff was first Jesuit, the first Latin American, and first and last a priest, walking beside people on their journey of faith.

On Palm Sunday, the streets resounded with the sound of cracking whips and the sobbing of mourners as Christ staggered under the weight of his cross. For the 36th year, Active Christian Teens in Our ...

Flags across Texas and the United States have been lowered to half-staff since Monday in honor of Pope Francis.

The president got a front-row seat to Pope Francis’s funeral Saturday. But that particular seat wasn’t the one that mattered ...

President Donald Trump on Saturday paid his respects to Pope Francis, occupying a front-row seat in sunlit St. Peter's Square ...

Ten U.S. cardinals are among those who will gather in Rome to elect a successor to Pope Francis, who died Monday.

Maryland, woman recalls welcoming Pope Francis to the United States as a 12-year-old girl after arriving at Andrews Air Force Base in 2015.

After a period of mourning, cardinals will gather to elect the next pope in the centuries-old ritual known as the conclave.