The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland and Irish President Michael D Higgins are among those travelling to Rome on Friday ...

Pope Francis died Monday at the age of 88. As tributes pour in from around the world, the Vatican faces a transition.

The Philippines began a period of national mourning for Pope Francis on Wednesday, with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr ...

Meet the Irish-American Camerlengo and Italian dean who are in charge of administering the Church during this interim period.

Cardinals from around the world must gather for the conclave in which Francis’ successor is selected. It typically takes ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

Catholics around the world are mourning the death of Pope Francis. Known as 'the people's pope', he worked to make the church ...

In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the Gaza ...

The election of a new leader of the world’s 1.3 billion Roman Catholics is shrouded in secrecy. Cardinals are forbidden from ...

Pope Francis’s death on Monday has triggered a period of mourning across the Catholic Church, including in Washington. The ...

Rooted in ancient Christian and Roman customs, the Novendiales is a period of nine consecutive days dedicated to mourning the ...

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...