Approximately 250,000 people followed the mass from the square or nearby on giant screens. The rest lined the route of the ...

He spent the rest of his pontificate going back out to those peripheries, traveling to more than 65 nations, preferring those that were poor, scarred by war, marginalized and forgotten. Then the ...

The US president has been dubbed a 'disgrace' after apparently 'disrespecting' protocol during Pope Francis' funeral. The ...

From his very first appearance greeting crowds in St Peter’s Square in Rome on March 13 2013, Pope Francis made warmth, good ...

VATICAN CITY — Cardinals in meetings ahead of the start of a secret conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis are ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, better known as Pope Francis, called on the Catholic conscience more than any pope since John XXIII.

Roman Catholic faithful have begun visiting the tomb of Pope Francis. Starting early Sunday they began filing past the simple ...

Roman Catholic faithful have begun visiting the tomb of Pope Francis at his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica.

The late pontiff was first Jesuit, the first Latin American, and first and last a priest, walking beside people on their journey of faith.

The Philippines will make history this year on April 27, Divine Mercy Sunday, by becoming the first nation in the world to ...

With Pope Francis laid to rest, all eyes turn now to the conclave, the secretive meeting of cardinals set to convene within ...

Once the conclave begins, cardinals will vote twice in the morning and twice in the evening until they make a selection.