There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile,” or possessing the ...

The funeral of Pope Francis solemnly took place Saturday morning in St. Peter’s square drawing roughly 200,000 people, ...

Pope Francis on Sunday was laid to rest after a funeral mass with more than 250,000 mourners and more than 130 world leaders ...

BEFORE the headline topic, a far more crucial and eternal matter, especially for your soul, which is really all that matters.

His favor among cardinals in the Sacred College ... divorced or re-married Catholics should not be allowed to receive Holy Communion due to his position regarding the "indissolubility of marriage." ...

If Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the president's preferred candidate, were actually to be elected to the Holy See, it would be the shock of a lifetime.

Sede Vacante, the Latin term meaning “the see being vacant,” is used when the pope—the successor of St. Peter—has passed away ...

His battered black shoes showed wear from prayer and intercontinental ministry last year when Pope Francis gave them to Noel ...

Priests and other celebrants distributed Holy Communion, which is bread and wine ... "His gestures and exhortations in favor of refugees and displaced persons are countless.

Dearest brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis,” Cardinal Kevin Farrell said Monday in a video address.