The tomb was opened on the second of nine days of official mourning for Francis, after which a conclave will be held to elect the next pope ...

The tomb was opened on the second of nine days of official mourning for Francis, after which a conclave will be held to elect ...

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

With suffering, chaos and evil all around us, we can ill afford to lose even one good man, much less the best among us.

Pope Francis — the first pontiff from the Americas, who clashed with traditional Catholics but was hailed as a reformer by progressives — died on Monday, a day after Easter, at age 88. The pope had ...

The Newark archbishop was a friend and confidant of Pope Francis who could steer the Conclave of Cardinals in its choice of a ...

After a long period of declining health which saw an increasingly debilitated Francis struggling to hold onto life, it was the demonic visitation of US ...

Communication should be at the service of an authentic culture of encounter.” Pope Francis said, World Communications Day, ...

When the late Pope Francis first stepped on to the balcony of Saint Peter’s Basilica following his election 12 years ago, he remarked that he had been ...

Survivors of church sexual abuse acknowledge Pope Francis took important steps, but say his successor must do more to tackle ...

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