Three of the five popes before Francis have become saints, but merely serving as pontiff is no longer a guarantee of ...

Changes to the rules were made during the tenure of Pope Paul VI, Pope John Paul II, and Pope Benedict XVI. The selection of a new pope involves a considerable degree of secrecy: according to the ...

Here is an explanation of some of the terms and practices related to the time between the death of Pope Francis April 21 and ...

Explore the brief papal elections of the last six popes, from St. John XXIII to Pope Francis, who were chosen within a short ...

This commonality of ideals and principles was perhaps articulated most effectively in an encyclical titled "On the Development of Peoples" disseminated by Pope Paul VI in 1967. In the late 1960s, when ...

Lying in state at St Peter’s Basilica, Francis’s body is low to the ground without any papal regalia next to his body. While ...

The gates of Castel Gandolfo, the pope’s summer home, were closed following the death of Paul VI. The camerlengo then seals the door to the pope’s study and bedroom. The night before the ...