From “camerlengo” to “white smoke,” here’s what to know about the words and phrases that guide the process after a pope dies.

Edward Berger’s Conclave is a fictional take on the closed-door process of appointing a new pontiff, which is set to begin for real in the Vatican on 5 May. So how accurately does the Oscar-winning ...

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re eulogized Pope Francis at his funeral, calling him "a pope among the people, with an open heart ...

The funeral of Pope Francis is currently taking place Vatican City and with hundreds of thousands of people in attendance ...

ROME — Pope Francis will be the first pontiff in more than a century to be buried outside the Vatican Grottoes. After his ...

The order of the service for Pope Francis 's funeral has been released, hours before world leaders and pilgrims are set to ...

Pope Francis is breaking with tradition when it comes to where he will be laid to rest – choosing a light-filled basilica ...

Judeo-Christian brotherhood is built on the value of freedom. And the first freedom is the right to defend life. Fiamma ...

After years of scrambling to preserve the community and the church’s mission during renovations, the church now wants to get ...

David French: I’m David French. I’m an Opinion columnist at The Times, where I write about law, politics and religion. I’m ...

In an atmosphere filled with sorrow, yet infused with faith and hope, His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin ...

Thanks to Dan Brown’s novel, The Da Vinci Code, and its film adaptation, many people think that the books that constitute ...