The death of Pope Francis has just set in motion the political process for the Catholic Church to select a new leader.

"Pope Francis stood with the weak and the poor. He called attention to the threats posed by the environmental exploitation of ...

Pope Francis didn’t affirm same-sex marriage or lobby for ordaining women as priests. But he gently steered the Catholic ...

The Vatican releases first images of Pope Francis, showing him in his casket with the Vatican secretary of state praying over ...

Pope Francis appears on the central lodge of St. Peter’s Basilica to bestow the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for to the city and to ...

The Vatican has released the first images of Pope Francis in his casket before the public viewing at St. Peter's Basilica.

Thousands of Catholics gathered together in prayer for the Holy Father, who passed away at age 88 due to complications from a ...