Two papal tailors and no conclave orders. The conclave that begins next Wednesday to elect a successor for Pope Francis is ...

In St. Peter's Square, in the shadow of the 17th-century colonnade designed by Italian sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, stands ...

When a pope dies or resigns, the Catholic Church follows an ancient, secretive process called the conclave to elect his ...

A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” (with a key) to ...

Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next ...

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process. These are the need-to-know terms — some of them ...

Cardinals, royals and heads of state attended. But many mourners, some of whom slept on the streets overnight, said they came ...

World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful have said farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral that highlighted his ...

Pope Francis, the pontiff whose acts of love and humility rippled through his papacy, was laid to rest in a service he ...

As it passed the Colosseum, the ancient Roman amphitheater that’s one of Italy’s most iconic sites, tourists and faithful ...