Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21 ...

After a week of global mourning for Pope Francis, who died on Monday at age 88, the pope's funeral will be celebrated on ...

A conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis will begin on Wednesday, May 7, the Vatican announced Monday. VATICAN CITY ...

Roman Catholic cardinals will begin their secret conclave to elect the new leader of the global Church on May 7, the Vatican ...

The date was chief on the agenda of cardinals holding informal meetings Monday to work out church business following the ...

About 130 cardinals will be able to vote on a successor for Francis, and a two-thirds majority is needed to elect the new ...

The conclave, held to select a new pope, will begin in nine days. The College of Cardinals — the cardinals within the ...

North Korea acknowledged for the first time Monday that it had provided troop reinforcements to aid Russia in its war on ...