Cardinals could pick a progressive pope ready to build off the changes Francis brought to the church or a conservative who ...

Losing Francis was “as if you’re losing your grandfather, your very wise grandfather,” one mourner told NBC News.

Pope Francis passed away at the age of 88 on Monday, April 21, after a final appearance at St. Peter's Square following ...

Pope Francis nudged the Catholic Church toward change. His successor can see it through ― or take the church back.

Hong Kong’s outspoken Roman Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen has been allowed to leave the southern Chinese city to attend Pope ...

The Vatican kept St Peter’s Basilica open all night so that the thousands of mourners who have flocked to the city are able ...

Following Pope Francis's death, cardinals gather to elect a new pope. Artificial intelligence predicts Cardinal Pietro ...

Pope Francis was thankful that he was able to greet throngs of people in St. Peter’s Square on Easter, a day before he died, though he ...

So many people lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state at St. Peter's Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all ...

The date when Catholic cardinals will gather to select Pope Francis's successor is not yet known. But bookmakers and crypto ...

The doctor tells Italian media the last time he saw the Pope was Saturday, when he gave him some pie in a flavour he liked.

Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell, center right, spreads incense around the body of Pope Francis inside St. Peter's ...