Pope Francis has become the 10th leader of the world of Catholic Church in the last 110 years in historyThe late Francis died on Monday, April 21, which was the same day as Easter Monday, just after ...

The basilica in Gdańsk, northern Poland, received its Umbraculum in 1929 from Pope Pius XI. After being lost during World War ...

Once Pope Francis' funeral is finished, all eyes will turn to the process of determining a new pontiff known as the conclave.

Let’s begin with the obvious: the Pope has better security than a Bond villain. But what’s perhaps less known—and infinitely ...

Overwhelmed by a surge in participants, organizers of the traditional Pentecost pilgrimage from Paris to Chartres were forced ...

David Willey, who spent decades reporting from Rome for the BBC, reflects on the transformation of the Vatican under Francis ...

The Catholic College of Cardinals convening to elect a new pope is one of the oldest methods of electing a head of state - ...

After Pope Francis’s death at the age of 88, the process of electing the next pontiff will begin. Cardinal electors, the vast ...

But here’s the thing: timing is not causality. The idea that papal deaths somehow signal or foreshadow world wars is ...

Memorial Masses for Pope Francis are expected across the world on Tuesday. In the Philippines, people packed the main hall of ...

Catholics will be praying that the death of Pope Francis does not mean a further outbreak of war in today's world.