Ahead of the 2013 conclave to replace Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan was tipped to restore the papal hat ...

Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary ...

Cardinal Baltazar Porras Cardozo of Merida, Venezuela, arrives to attend a general congregation meeting of the College of ...

As the Catholic Church continues through a period of interregnum between the reign of popes, Chinese authorities have made moves to assert the Church in China’s autonomy from Rome by ...

With Pope Francis' passing, the Roman Catholic Church is focused on electing his replacement. Here's what that means.

While there are those who want to back away from Francis' outreach there is one unalterable fact: When the world's Catholic ...

Rome — Pope Francis, who challenged deeply rooted norms and made it his mission to change the perception of the Catholic Church around the world, has died at the age of 88. The Vatican said Pope ...

Argentinian-born Jorge Mario Bergoglio became the Catholic Church's 266th pope and the first ... he didn't send an aide to pay his hotel bill in Rome, but took care of it himself.

Pope Francis’ funeral procession passed the Temple of Venus and Rome on its way to the Basilica ... of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Roman Catholic Church on Saturday laid to rest Pope Francis ...

Caravalhal lives in Rome but was unable to pay his respects ... start to chart a way forward for the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church. German Cardinal Reinhard Marx told reporters on Saturday ...

Pope Francis, Bishop of Rome and Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church, who worked to instill progressive influences on the global church while maintaining unity with conservatives amid years of ...

Pope Francis was first admitted to Rome's Agostino Gemelli Hospital Feb ... The Pope is the head of state and Roman Catholic Church and is considered a unifying political and religious ...