A funeral will be held on Saturday for the pope, who changed the rules to make such ceremonies simpler than those ...

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

In the weeks that follow the passing of a pontiff, the city of Rome, and the Vatican in particular, comes alive with ...

Between the fourth and sixth day after the pope’s death, the papal funeral takes place in St. Peter’s Basilica or St. Peter’s Square.

A change in popes is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the transition in leadership for both the ...

As news of the pope’s death traveled across the globe, observers fondly remembered a man who bought his own eyeglasses, got ...

Despite having the world's fastest-growing Catholic population, odds are against Africa producing the next pontiff.

Here is an explanation of some of the terms and practices related to the time between the death of Pope Francis April 21 and ...

SAN ANTONIO - The Catholic community in San Antonio is mourning the death of Pope Francis.Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller ...

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 ...

Pope Francis’s funeral will be held on Saturday, the Vatican announced Tuesday, as world leaders from US President Donald ...

An Irish-born American cardinal was entrusted by Pope Francis to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy ...