As members of the College of Cardinals prepare for the conclave, they face a profound choice: Build on the late pope’s ...

There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile,” or possessing the ...

I wish I did not have to vote because I wish that Francis were still alive. But it is a fact that he has left us,” Cardinal ...

In his care for the incarcerated, the late Holy Father shows us the extent to which Christian love can — and should — be ...

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

He predicted Italian Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa will be the next pope, and will choose the name Francis II.

The pope’s final donation was to support a pasta factory in a Roman juvenile prison, according to Vatican officials.

We mourn the death of Pope Francis, a leader whose humility and compassion brought kindness, welcome and courage to our increasingly conflicted world. Francis, the first Latin American pope, led the ...

With a conclave to elect a new pope scheduled to begin next week, several names have popped up as potential replacements for ...

Conclave,” the film may have introduced movie-goers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the ...

The French president held a series of meetings with cardinals and other Church officials while in the Italian capital last ...