An Italian cardinal who was convicted of embezzlement and fraud said on April 29 he will not take part in the secret conclave ...

When Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was elected in 2013 as Pope Francis, he was a near total Vatican outsider. He had never been a ...

Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next ...

When the cardinals meet for the conclave, they gather in the Sistine Chapel. All cardinal electors must swear an oath of ...

The funeral drew world leaders, including President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, who had a talk in the ...

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

Pope Francis, who chose his papal name after the 13th-century figure St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of ...

A single white rose was placed on the tomb that said "Franciscus" – the pope's name in Latin – inside the Santa Maria ...

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and ...

Some people said the pope's compassion inspired them. Others said he was too liberal or that no pope would affect how they ...

The Society of Jesus is a Roman Catholic order founded in 1540 by Saint Ignatius of Loyola committed to spirituality and ...

I'm not a Catholic who follows the Vatican's commands unquestioned. But Pope Francis worked hard to make the church more ...