Robert Sarah, 79, of Guinea, the retired head of the Vatican’s liturgy office, has long been considered the best hope for an African pope. Beloved by conservatives, Sarah would signal a return to the ...

Francis mingled with the faithful for about an hour on Easter Sunday, drawing cheers as crowds gathered in St. Peter's Square.

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Francis spent a good portion of his final years speaking out against war in Gaza and Ukraine, focusing on the most vulnerable ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at 88 at his Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta residence. The Diocese of ...

VATICAN CITY, — The last time cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope was in March 2013, following the unexpected resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, resulting in the election of ...

The death of Pope Francis officially came from the camerlengo, a position in the Catholic church held by a man with Dallas ...

Pope Francis himself helped rewrite the process for burying the head of the church after the death of his predecessor, Pope ...

Pope Francis died weeks after being released from the hospital where he was battling a complex lung infection. The ...

Like his predecessors, Pope Francis was selected using an age-old method — a system known as the Papal conclave.

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Argentina, became the pope 12 years ago. He was elected pope by a conclave of 115 ...

VATICAN CITY, — Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church for the past 12 years, has died at age 88. The head of the ...