Pope Francis's successor will face a litany of challenges, from the place of women and the LGBTQ community in the Catholic ...

With Pope Francis laid to rest, all eyes turn now to the conclave, the secretive meeting of cardinals set to convene within days to elect a new head of the Catholic Church.

Cardinals from all over the world have begun convening in Rome to prepare to hold a conclave to select a successor for Pope ...

Pope Francis died on Monday morning, according to the Vatican. He was 88 years old and held the papacy for 12 years.

Bishop Larry Sullivan delivered the sermon at a special commemoration for Pope Francis, hours after the pope was laid to rest ...

Pope Francis has been laid to rest, after a day that brought 250,000 together in a packed St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican, and countless more Catholics around the world also prayed for the late ...

The Vatican long ago had offered to help facilitate peace talks and Francis had regularly called for peace and dialogue from ...

The parents of Kielce Gussie, the woman who delivered the first reading at Pope Francis’ funeral, shared their thoughts on ...

BUENOS AIRES - Argentines bid farewell to Pope Francis on Saturday (April 26), holding a massive open-air mass in front of ...