Pope Francis has been laid to rest, the conclave has been assembled and, after due deliberation by the participating ...

Now that a new pope has been named and made his first appearance, the question turns to what comes next. Typically, about a ...

As Catholics, our arms will be wide open to the world. We will accompany the world. We will live in the world.

White smoke poured from a chimney above the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, signaling that the 133 cardinals sequestered inside ...

Robert Francis Prevost was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, becoming the first pope from the ...

For Catholic theologians, the significance of the name could not be clearer, with the new pope tying himself to one of the ...

The gates of Castel Gandolfo, the pope’s summer home, were closed following the death of Paul VI. The camerlengo then seals the door to the pope’s study and bedroom. The night before the ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, elected in 2013, decided to take the name of St. Francis of Assisi, who was known for his humility, ...

Paul VI, who succeeded John XXIII, took the process ahead as he became the first Pope in modern times to travel widely outside Rome and interact with people of countries and all faiths.

What the new pope’s name choice says about his future plans - Cardinal Robert Prevost spent his career ministering in Peru ...

The death of a pope triggers a centuries-old ritual to elect a new one. It involves sacred oaths, the piercing of ballots ...