Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, passed away at 88 after battling health issues. His funeral is scheduled for ...

This Saturday, the world will turn its attention to Vatican City to honor the life and legacy of Pope Francis — the first ...

For centuries, the role has gone to a member of the College of Cardinals – and almost always to an Italian. Might we soon ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” ...

The governor of one Indonesia’s poorest provinces said it would pause development of new geothermal energy projects on the island of Flores, following an intervention by the Catholic Church. On April ...

As leaders from around the world pay tribute to the late Pope Francis, China's President Xi Jinping has not offered his ...

Africans are hoping one of their own could become the first Black pope in modern history. Build on Francis’s legacy of ...

Pope Francis had earlier expressed that he wants to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, which makes him the ...

Like his predecessors, Pope Francis was selected using an age-old method — a system known as the Papal conclave.

Various world leaders, including United States President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, President ...

Pope Francis' body will be moved to St Peter's Basilica on Wednesday to allow Catholic faithful to pay their final respects ahead of a funeral expected to bring U.S. President Donald Trump and dozens ...

Catholics around the world are mourning the death of Pope Francis, and today on the Eastside, St. Pius X held a special mass in his honor.