Oscar Crespo was watching TV in his native Buenos Aires when he saw the white smoke appearing above the Sistine Chapel at the ...

Roman Catholic cardinals gathered Tuesday in Vatican City to prepare for the Saturday funeral of Pope Francis.

Navarrosa, who is currently writing his thesis on the pope’s 2016 encyclical 'Amoris Laetitia,' recalls meeting Francis in ...

The Vatican announced the funeral for Pope Francis will be held on Saturday. Earlier in the week, he will lie in state, and ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis' funeral will be held on Saturday, April 26, in front of St. Peter's Basilica after the pontiff ...

Pope Francis probably expected that he would face opposition to his reform agenda after Catholics for two generations grew ...

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

The pope's death comes one day after Francis, 88, greeted Easter Sunday crowds in his popemobile. He had battled a ...

Pope Francis has died​ at the age of 88 following a number of health issues in recent years. Here's what we know about his ...

The first ever cardinal of Roman Catholic-majority East Timor had barely had time to process the news of Pope Francis' death ...

The Vatican has released the first photos that show Pope Francis lying in state after the head of the Catholic church died on ...