This Saturday, the world will turn its attention to Vatican City to honor the life and legacy of Pope Francis — the first ...

Ahead of his lying-in-state, Pope Francis’s body was made ready to withstand Rome’s warm spring weather with a temporary ...

The idea of an American pope has long been taboo, given the geopolitical power already wielded by the United States.

As tributes poured in from around the globe for Pope Francis, who died April 21, 2025, an AI-generated image of the Catholic ...

In St Peter's Square, believers and tourists alike gathered to pay their respects, some bearing flowers or candles ...

Francis died on Monday at the age of 88. Vatican officials later announced he suffered a stroke that put him in a coma and led to heart failure. In his final will, the Argentine-born pope said he ...

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

Ensuring Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te can attend this weekend's funeral of Pope Francis is currently the "most important ...

Understanding the politics of the cardinals—and how Francis may have influenced the election of his successor.

Liberals hoped he’d ordain women or allow gay marriage. Conservatives thought he’d tear up Church doctrine. But his papacy ...

VATICAN CITY — Few could have predicted that a comment Pope Francis made during a 2018 visit to Chile would blow up into the ...

Pope Francis’ body will be moved to St. Peter’s Basilica to lie in state allowing the Catholic faithful to pay their respects to the Argentine pope ...