The word itself predates Christianity, but the conclave with its secretive deliberations and ancient trappings still captures ...

Pope Francis is lying in state in St Peter's Basilica, where tens of thousands of mourners will file past his open casket ...

The body of Pope Francis was moved Wednesday morning to St. Peter’s Basilica for three days of public mourning for an ...

Cardinals are seeking a unifying figure to bridge the Church’s divisions, with contenders like Cardinal Parolin, Grech, and ...

Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, lies in state at Saint Peter’s Basilica as thousands of ...

The Sentara College of Health Sciences (SCOHS) is discontinuing its nursing and non-nursing degree-granting programs.

Wilton Littlechild remembers closing his eyes before Pope Francis led his first mass at the Vatican more than a decade ago.

Cardinals, meanwhile, met in private to finalize preparations for Saturday’s funeral and plan the conclave to elect Francis’ ...

A Catholic priest, Father Gabriel Romanelli of Holy Family Parish in the Gaza Strip shared what Pope Francis told him in ...

The death of a pope triggers a centuries-old ritual to elect a new one, involving sacred oaths, the piercing of ballots with ...

Ahead of the pope's funeral, JD Vance reflected on his final meeting with Pope Francis, acknowledging their policy ...

Albino Luciani from Italy, who became Pope John Paul I in 1978, was Known as "The Smiling Pope" and his 33-day reign ended amid controversy and theories of foul play.