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 ...

The photos show the pope dressed in red vestments and lying in a simple, wooden coffin inside the chapel of the Santa Marta ...

Cardinals met at the Vatican on Tuesday to plan the conclave to elect his successor and to make other decisions about running ...

Cardinals met at the Vatican on Tuesday to plan the conclave to elect his successor and to make other decisions about running ...

The White House and Vatican have had a relationship stretching back to at least 1919, and includes Pope John Paul II and ...

The late Pope's body will then be taken into St Peter’s Basilica and then to the Basilica of St Mary Major for entombment, ...

Pope Francis himself helped rewrite the funeral rituals after the death of his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI.

Following the death of Pope Francis, a cardinal from the United States has become acting head of the Vatican until a new ...

Pope Francis’ funeral has been set for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, and a viewing of his body will begin on ...

Oklahomans attending mass at the Blessed Stanley Rother and local priests that had met Pope Francis shared their memories of the late pontiff.

Leaders from the worlds of church and state in Maryland remembered Pope Francis Monday for his humility and his advocacy for ...