As tributes and mourners visit the entombment site for Pope Francis a day after his memorial procession, a process to elect a new leader of the Catholic Church begins.

Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary ...

A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.”It implies the<a ...

Pope Francis has passed away—and the world mourns. Prime ministers, Presidents, Kings and Queens were quick to send their ...

As a Black man born and raised in the deep South, the pope was never at the center of my religious beliefs. I was brought up ...

When the news broke about Pope Francis' death, sadness rippled through the Catholic community, but among some young people, it stirred more: Hope for his legacy to live on.

India has had a thriving community of Eastern Orthodox Christians, brought by Saint Thomas the Apostle to India.

The pope’s outdoor funeral is attended by nearly a quarter-million people, including guests representing The Church of Jesus ...

Hundreds of thousands of mourners — monarchs and presidents, cardinals and sisters, Jubilee pilgrims and tourists — turned ...

The conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.