Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI are among the elected bishops of Rome who have led the Catholic Church ...

Mykola Bychok says he had personally spoken of the war with the late pontiff and asked Francis to pray for the 20,000 ...

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

Pope Francis’ emphasis on reaching out to the “peripheries" of the church and world will result in the most diverse ...

The late pontiff’s health concerns in recent years led to contenders to succeed him foreseeing a papabile ahead of his death ...

The College of Cardinals, a group of about 135 cardinals under the age of 80, will meet in conclave in the Sistine Chapel to ...

The shortest conclave history was in 1503, when Pope Julius II was elected in just under 10 hours. The 2013 papal conclave, ...

More than 250,000 people, including heads of state, royalty and the ordinary Catholic faithful were in attendance for the funeral of Pope Francis.

Cardinals from around the world have converged on Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis and upcoming meetings that will ...

Trump and the pope exchanged criticisms over a decade, mostly related to the pope's plea for compassion for migrants, a group ...

Ten U.S. cardinals are among those who will gather in Rome to elect a successor to Pope Francis, who died Monday.

As world leaders gather in Rome for Pope Francis’s funeral on Saturday, many Catholics are wondering if the church could soon ...