Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín, who welcomed the decision to fly flags at half-mast over public buildings, said there should be ...

At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has ...

Timothy Cardinal Dolan was among thousands of people who visited the tomb of Pope Francis in Rome on Sunday, one day after ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white ...

An AI-generated image of President Donald Trump dressed as the pope is drawing criticism from some Catholics after it was ...

The papal conclave—the election of the next Pope—is set to begin on May 7, and will see 133 cardinals gather to vote.

At Masses across Rome and socioeconomic lines, Catholics prayed the next pope focuses on poverty and peace days before the ...

The College of Cardinals celebrated the ninth and final Novendiales Mass for Pope Francis on Sunday, May 4, the third Sunday of Easter.

For the second Sunday in a row, the balcony from where the pope prays the traditional Angelus remained empty. An unusual ...

I never knew how much I wanted to go to Rome until I got there.

Alongside the gossip and the gallows humor, the ancient and solemn rituals continue,” Chiara Barzini writes from Italy.

While Pope Francis accomplished a lot in his 12-year papacy, he left much unfinished business and many challenges for his ...