Pope Francis’s death report, released Monday afternoon by the Vatican, indicated he died of a cerebral stroke, which caused ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” ...

Showers and thunderstorms will stay well away in the south and east of Italy. Prince William - who as heir to the throne is also the future head of the Church of England - will represent his father at ...

Pope Francis, who is still recovering from treatment for bilateral pneumonia, greeted crowds gathered in a tulip-filled St ...

Pope Francis died Monday morning in the Vatican City, less than a day after greeting a huge Easter Sunday gathering of ...

The pope’s funeral will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said. The funeral Mass ...

Parishioners gathering to mourn the death of Pope Francis on Monday in Caracas, Venezuela.Credit...Adriana Loureiro Fernandez for The New York Times Pope Francis, the Argentine Jesuit who became ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the current Secretary of State of the Holy See, is one of the most important figures in the Vatican ...

Parolin previously served as deputy foreign minister under Pope Benedict, who in 2009 appointed him the Vatican's ambassador in Venezuela, where he defended the Church against moves to weaken it ...

Here are some cardinals who are being talked about as "papabili" to succeed Pope Francis. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

Bells tolled in Maracaibo, Venezuela, as people around the world mourned the death of Pope Francis on Monday, April 21.In Maracaibo, the Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul rang its bells 88 times ...