Cardinals have chosen May 7 as the date to start conclave and elect a new leader for 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, ...

Only cardinals under the age of 80 are allowed to vote in a papal election. There are currently 135 cardinals eligible to ...

Travellers to Rome should expect closures, visitor restrictions and crowds at some of the city’s main attractions. View on ...

I remember his first time at the window after his election, I guess we were all thinking there would be some theologically ...

Pope Francis was "a pope among the people, with an open heart toward everyone," said Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of ...

At his funeral, Pope Francis was remembered and venerated as a pontiff with "strength and serenity" who modeled his pontificate on St. Francis of Assisi. The dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni ...

Catholics, atheists, Muslims and more, from around the world, tell of how the pope’s life and leadership inspired them.

He also had a personal devotion to particular saints, including these three: ...

When Pope Francis died, he was recovering at the Vatican after a five-week hospital stay for double pneumonia and other ...

In the hours leading up to his death, Pope Francis thanked his nurse for encouraging him to take a final ride in the ...

Pope Francis died April 21 after suffering a stroke and heart attack, said the director of Vatican City State's department of ...