At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has ...

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín, who welcomed the decision to fly flags at half-mast over public buildings, said there should be ...

Video shows Pope Francis’ tomb inside Rome’s St. Mary Major’s Basilica where he was laid to rest Roman Catholic faithful ...

Timothy Cardinal Dolan was among thousands of people who visited the tomb of Pope Francis in Rome on Sunday, one day after ...

The modest tomb draws huge queues on the first day of public viewing a day after tens of thousands attended his funeral.

The head of the basilica that is housing Pope Francis's tomb says it reflects his “humble, simple and essential" life.

First Minister John Swinney is among the Scots who have travelled to the Italian capital for the ceremony.

There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile,” or possessing the ...

The secret vote that elected Pope Gregory X lasted from November 1268 to September 1271. It was the first example of a papal ...

Crowds of mourners waited in line on Sunday for a chance to visit Pope Francis’ final resting place in the Santa Maria ...

By Giselda Vagnoni and Cristiano Corvino ROME (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of people streamed past the tomb of Pope Francis ...