Cardinals could pick a progressive pope ready to build off the changes Francis brought to the church or a conservative who ...

As of Thursday evening, about 90,000 people have visited St. Peter’s Basilica to pay homage to Pope Francis, the Vatican ...

The basilica will be kept open until at least midnight on Thursday to allow the faithful to mourn. Francis' funeral will be ...

Pope Francis, 88, died Monday morning at the Vatican. Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell was seen sealing the door to ...

Bells rang out as the Pope's coffin was carried across St Peter's Square to lie in state ahead of the funeral on Saturday.

A conclave to choose a new pope normally takes place 15 to 20 days after the death of a pontiff, meaning this conclave should ...

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

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88 after suffering a stroke, setting off mourning in the Catholic world and ...

Thousands flooded through the walls of Vatican City as a procession of cardinals and pallbearers took the body of the late ...

Thousands of people have begun filing through St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis at the start ...

St. Peter's Basilica opened its doors again on Thursday after a brief closure in the early hours to welcome crowds of ...

Those touched − figuratively and literally − by Pope Francis, the "People's Pope," during his only visit to the U.S. reflect ...