The Vatican, on April 22, 2025, shared pictures of the late Pope Francis lying in an open coffin after he passed away on ...

Pope Francis, who died on Monday at the age of 88, was the first Latin American and Jesuit pontiff. He was also the first to choose the name Francis, dedicating his life to working with the poor and ...

The cardinals set the funeral for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, to be celebrated by the dean of the College of ...

Following Pope Francis’s death, speculation is mounting over potential successors, including Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke from ...

We speak to Paddy Agnew, a Vatican columnist for the international Catholic magazine ‘The Tablet’ and for the ‘Irish Sunday Independent’.

Following the death of Pope Francis on April 21, 2025, rumors spread online about a supposed Catholic tradition in which the ...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Donald Trump supports Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s firing of ...

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

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

VATICAN CITY - In the chapel of the Vatican's Santa Marta residence, where Pope Francis lived and died, a nun prayed on ...

Africans are hoping one of their own could become the first Black pope in modern history and build on Francis's legacy of championing the developing world, though the chances of that happening appear ...

Pope Francis was a voice of mercy in a time of noise. He walked with humility, spoke with fire and dared to love the unloved.