Pope Francis' death on Monday, April 21, the day after Easter Sunday, started off a series of traditions that in a few weeks will culminate in a vote for the next pope. After Pope Francis is laid ...

From his early years in Argentina to his rise in the clergy ranks, see Pope Francis' journey to Vatican ... But surviving bouts of illness, the young Argentinean felt called to join the Society ...

As cardinals flock to Rome for the papal conclave to decide the next pope, a movement is underway to bring in a successor who will be more traditional than Pope Francis. A common belief among ...

Following the passing of Pope Francis, two prominent cardinals from the United States could be in the running to be the next leader of the global church. According to the U.S. Conference of ...

Pope Francis’ papacy was born in a spirit of humility. In death he made sure to project the same quality. The signs of this down-to-earth approach to the papacy were immediate, starting with ...

But at the same time, Buck said, he's sad to lose a pope that did so much to "bring more people to the Church" and to move that Church to where young generations are going. He said he's studied ...

Pope Francis, who died Monday at the age of 88, was the first pope from the Americas and the first pope born outside of Europe in more than a thousand years. Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos ...

Members of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious community founded by Mother Teresa, participating in the first prayer service, a rosary, in honor of Pope Francis, in Vatican City on Monday ...