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

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of people began filing through St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis ...

Pope Francis, like all Catholic priests, vowed to celibacy and thus was not married or had children. Here's what we know ...

Vice President JD Vance admitted that being one of the last people to privately meet the pope before his death was “pretty crazy.” While on a four-day trip in India with his wife, Usha, Vance told ...

The sounds of bells and prayerful chants echoed throughout Vatican City as Francis’ body was carried in a simple wooden ...

As he glided around St Peter's Square in his popemobile on Sunday, the fact he was 88 and had just spent several weeks in ...

Unsurprisingly, the pope's death quickly joined the growing roster of events the long-running series is said to have predicted.

Many mourners are taking a closer look at one of the most sacred and secretive transitions in the world — the period ...

Colum McCann is the author of 13 books, the latest of which is “Twist,” a novel. He won the National Book Award in fiction in ...

Throughout the day people filed past the coffin, some blessing themselves with the sign of the cross or pausing briefly in ...

Long lines of mourners, many waiting more than four hours under the hot Roman sun, wound around St. Peter’s Square on the ...