Red sunset sky The cross of Jesus Christ symbolizing death and resurrection and ink smearing and spreading effect background Three crosses on a rocky hill, Golgotha. Symbol of the crucifixion of ...

Experts say there isn’t a single front-runner, but several names have been cited as indications of which direction the Roman ...

Pope Francis's sudden death at 88 has ignited intense speculation about his successor and the future of the Catholic Church.

The funeral of the pope is underway in Vatican City, where throngs of mourners have gathered to give a final send-off to Francis, who will be remembered as a champion of migrants and the poor, and for ...

The College of Cardinals that will meet to elect a new head of the Catholic Church may well choose someone from outside Europe — a reflection of the shifting global base of Catholicism (and ...

Pope Francis sought to make the church more welcoming ... Greece and other parts of Southern Europe.

The papacy of Pope Francis ended with the same core doctrine for LGBTQ+ people that he inherited: The Catholic Church still ...

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As the Vatican prepares for a new conclave following the death of Pope Francis, speculation mounts around potential papal ...

Pope Francis’ death fires the starting gun on what many see as a battle for the soul of the church – pitting those ... most of them in Italy, Europe and the United States – automatically ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin-American pontiff, renowned for his outspoken advocacy for the poor and insistence on a more welcoming Catholic Church, has died at the age of 88. Francis was a pope of ...