Typically, popes are laid to rest beneath St. Peter's Basilica. On Saturday, Francis became the first Catholic leader in over ...

The life of the late Pope Francis is being celebrated by Australian Catholics at services held for the repose of his soul ...

As a result of Francis’ expansion of the diversity of cardinals who will elect his successor, all that is certain about the ...

Christian Surtz, an Emmy award-winning filmmaker based in the Chicago area, has co-directed a documentary exploring the life ...

The task facing the cardinals today is to elect a new pope to succeed Francis, who died on April 21 at the age of 88.

Fareed speaks to The New York Times’ Ross Douthat about the impact of Pope Francis’ progressivism on the Catholic world and ...

Pope Francis was a shining witness of a Church that bends down with tenderness towards those who are wounded and heals with ...

The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a successor, the piercing ...

Pope Francis challenged the notion of walls that divide a common humanity. New art and activism in San Diego highlight this struggle.

King Charles III paid a heartfelt tribute to the late Pope Francis through an official statement from the Palace. The monarch ...

As he prepares to enter the seclusion of a conclave to elect a new pope, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of ...

Almost all of the main and social media news in the last two weeks were about Pope Francis, his life and his death.