With Pope Francis' death comes the duty of electing a new pope — a process where cardinals are sealed in the Sistine Chapel ...

Cardinals – senior church officials appointed by the pope – from around the world must gather for the conclave in which Francis’ successor is selected. It typically takes between two and three weeks ...

An ongoing trade war and U.S. President Donald Trump's hunger for critical minerals have brought Canada's rich mineral ...

Following Van Hollen’s trip, four Democratic lawmakers, including Congressmembers Maxwell Frost of Florida, Yassamin Ansari ...

Illinois set up a Real ID-only walk-in "supercenter" in Chicago to handle the demand for appointments. Montgomery and ...

Even though cardinals don’t campaign for the job, there are always front-runners going into a conclave to choose the next pope.

The death of the 88-year-old pontiff puts into motion the process of selecting a successor, according to longstanding Vatican ...

When the newly elected Pope Francis returned to the front desk of his hotel in Rome to personally settle his bill a day after being introduced to cheering crowds in St. Peter’s Square in 2013, it was ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin-American pontiff, renowned for his outspoken advocacy for the poor and insistence on a more welcoming Catholic Church, has died at the age of 88. Francis was a pope of ...

On a chilly, cloudy morning in Rockland County, Rev. Steven Neier led a joyful yet solemn Easter Monday Mass at St. Paul's ...