As tributes poured in from around the globe for Pope Francis, who died April 21, 2025, an AI-generated image of the Catholic ...

Over the centuries, the outcome of conclaves has been impossible to predict. But if the cardinals named by Francis vote ...

In St Peter's Square, believers and tourists alike gathered to pay their respects, some bearing flowers or candles ...

Pope Francis' body will be moved to St Peter's Basilica on Wednesday to allow Catholic faithful to pay their final respects ...

Pope Francis’ body will be moved to St. Peter’s Basilica to lie in state allowing the Catholic faithful to pay their respects ...

Francis died on Monday at the age of 88. Vatican officials later announced he suffered a stroke that put him in a coma and led to heart failure. In his final will, the Argentine-born pope said he ...

Understanding the politics of the cardinals—and how Francis may have influenced the election of his successor.

Pope Francis's funeral will take place on Saturday in St Peter's Square, the Vatican has confirmed, with hundreds of ...

Liberals hoped he’d ordain women or allow gay marriage. Conservatives thought he’d tear up Church doctrine. But his papacy ...

VATICAN CITY — Few could have predicted that a comment Pope Francis made during a 2018 visit to Chile would blow up into the ...

World leaders are converging in Rome this Saturday for Pope Francis's funeral, drawing a massive crowd to St. Peter's Square.

Like his predecessors, Pope Francis was selected using an age-old method — a system known as the Papal conclave.