"At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father," the Vatican announced on Monday.

Pope Francis' funeral will take place on April 26 in St. Peter’s Square following his death at age 88, with Cardinal Giovanni ...

Cardinals this morning held their first of what will be many daily meetings, cloistered away from the Vatican crowds as they ...

Tourists who have booked to visit Rome in the coming weeks will experience the city during a rare historical moment. ...

The cardinals met Tuesday in the Vatican's synod hall to chart the next steps before a conclave begins to choose Francis' ...

Pope Francis died of a stroke on Monday at the Vatican aged 88. His funeral is to be held later this week in the presence of ...

As tradition dictates, the late pontiff’s signet ring will be destroyed — or defaced, at least — within the walls of the ...

Cardinals are meeting at the Vatican to make the first decisions about running the Catholic Church following the death of ...

But here’s the thing: timing is not causality. The idea that papal deaths somehow signal or foreshadow world wars is ...

From Hollywood to the Vatican, tributes continue to pour in following the death of Pope Francis, whose humility and advocacy ...

Vance is an adult convert to Catholicism who has drawn criticism for his, shall we say unorthodox ideas about the Catholic ...

About 200 of the 266 men to hold the title of pope hailed from within the borders of Italy. Here is a look at others, like Pope Francis, who didn't.