Following Pope Francis’s death, speculation is mounting over potential successors, including Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke from ...

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

We speak to Paddy Agnew, a Vatican columnist for the international Catholic magazine ‘The Tablet’ and for the ‘Irish Sunday Independent’.

The Vatican laid out a plan for Pope Francis' funeral and the period of mourning following the pontiff's death. The funeral ...

Following the death of Pope Francis on April 21, 2025, rumors spread online about a supposed Catholic tradition in which the ...

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

Pope Francis will be laid to rest Saturday after lying in state for three days in St. Peter’s Basilica, where the faithful ...

Although Pope Francis had good intentions when denouncing clergy sexual abuse he was met with great resistance within the ...

Africans are hoping one of their own could become the first Black pope in modern history and build on Francis's legacy of championing the developing world, though the chances of that happening appear ...

VATICAN CITY - In the chapel of the Vatican's Santa Marta residence, where Pope Francis lived and died, a nun prayed on ...

Pope Francis was a voice of mercy in a time of noise. He walked with humility, spoke with fire and dared to love the unloved.

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the ...