According to tradition, the camerlengo certifies the pope’s death, seals the papal apartment and breaks the pope’s ...

In his landmark 2015 encyclical “Praised Be,” Pope Francis cast care for the planet as an urgent and existential moral ...

A key aviation safety system that failed twice in the last three years will be replaced years ahead of schedule, the Trump ...

I felt that I had to be here.” This was Pope Francis in 2015, expressing his love to thousands of Filipinos hit by a typhoon ...

This is Latin for “having had mercy and choosing him” — a phrase that Francis chose as his motto when he was elevated to ...

The Vatican has announced the funeral for Pope Francis will take place on Saturday in what is expected to be a scaled-down ...

With the death of Pope Francis, attention now turns to the selection of his successor. The next pope will be chosen in what ...

Pope Francis died Monday at 88-years-old. The Pulse takes a closer look at his life & legacy, as well as what's next for the Catholic Church ...

Pope Francis has died weeks after he was discharged from the hospital following a lengthy battle with double pneumonia and ...

In addition, a Vatican financial adviser under Pope Pope Paul VI, Michele Sindona, also had ties to organized crime and ...

In a few weeks, white smoke will come out of the Sistine Chapel, signaling that a new pope has been chosen. But before that, an elaborate process will happen.

By Loucoumane Coulibaly, Emmanuel Bruce and Benoit Nyemba ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Africans are hoping one of their own could ...