Pope Francis sought to empower women and laity in synods, fueling conservatives' worry about LGBTQ+ inclusion and women's ...

The canonisation of the first saint of the millennial generation, Carlo Acutis, has been suspended due to Pope Francis' death ...

Pope Francis's funeral is on Saturday, and now's the time to familiarize yourself with a few Catholic terms and phrases that ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell remembers the day Pope Francis asked him to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, a cardinal from the United States has become acting head of the Vatican until a new ...

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the ...

Scholars of Catholic-Jewish relations remember the pontiff's warmth humility; late Church leader made important strides in ...

Religious leaders across Thailand have joined in mourning the passing of Pope Francis, who died at the age of 88. The Thai ...

As tradition dictates, the late pontiff’s signet ring will be destroyed — or defaced, at least — within the walls of the ...

The body of Pope Francis has been dressed in sacred liturgical vestments and placed in an open wooden coffin for his lying in ...

In the weeks that follow the passing of a pontiff, the city of Rome, and the Vatican in particular, comes alive with ...

However, many of those issues — among them the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, climate change and immigration — also put Francis on ...