The cardinals set the funeral for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, to be celebrated by the dean of the College of ...

As the first Latin American and non-European pope in more than 1,000 years, Pope Francis's presence as the head of one of the ...

Oscar Crespo was watching TV in his native Buenos Aires when he saw the white smoke appearing above the Sistine Chapel at the ...

In the weeks that follow the passing of a pontiff, the city of Rome, and the Vatican in particular, comes alive with ...

Although he had visited France three times, Pope Francis had never granted an official state visit to Paris. View on euronews ...

As tributes continue to pour in for Pope Francis following his death, local catholic church officials are reacting.

The worldwide attention on the death of Pope Francis and the process to select a new pontiff comes as no surprise to the Very ...

Pope Francis probably expected that he would face opposition to his reform agenda after Catholics for two generations grew ...

Catholics around the world expressed their sadness and non-Catholics sent their condolences upon hearing the news of Pope ...

A change in popes is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the transition in leadership for both the ...

An Irish-born American cardinal was entrusted by Pope Francis to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy ...

Francis was more tolerant with another critic, the retired archbishop of Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen. He excoriated the ...