Bergoglio chose Francis as his papal name just moments after Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes urged him not to forget the ...

The conclave will gather to select the new pope 15 to 20 days after the death of Pope Francis. In accordance with the rule, the conclave is expected to gather between May 6 and May 11.

Later on Monday, the Vatican revealed that the pope’s cause of death was a stroke that led to a coma and an “irreversible ...

A new one will be forged when the next pope is elected. The gates of Castel Gandolfo, the pope’s summer home, were closed following the death of Paul VI ... smoke means no pope has been elected ...

I count my life by popes, and I’m about to see my sixth. My first was Paul VI (1963-78), who seemed the forever pontiff as he reigned throughout my childhood. I knew very little of him beyond ...

Citing ill health, he said, “I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited ... according to a document by Pope Paul VI, are cardinals under 80 ...

Ordinary Catholics saw Pope Francis as a compassionate pastor who cared about people, especially the poor and the ...

President Donald Trump, escorted by Col. Paul Pawluk, Vice Commander of the 89th Airlift Wing, and first lady Melania Trump, ...

Pope Francis waves as he leaves after celebrating the beatification ceremony of Pope Paul VI, and a Mass for the closing of a two-week synod on family issues, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican ...