The death of a pope triggers a centuries-old ritual to elect a new one involving sacred oaths, the piercing of ballots with a ...

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 ...

Pontiff, who was was 88, was only recently discharged from hospital in Rome where he was treated for double pneumonia ...