With Pope Francis laid to rest, all eyes turn now to the conclave, the secretive meeting of cardinals set to convene within ...

Editor ’ s Note: On April 27, 2025, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, primary celebrant of the second day of mourning on the Pope ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white ...

Hundreds of thousands gathered in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, a day after Pope Francis' funeral, for another ceremony to ...

Pope Francis’ message to listen more, preach less and show mercy to all resonated, even among those who lacked faith. Francis ...

With the passing of Pope Francis at 88, the Catholic Church stands at a pivotal moment as 135 cardinal electors prepare to ...

The Vatican, headquarters of the Catholic Church, is the smallest state in the world, with its own newspaper, national anthem ...

President Marcos and first lady Liza Araneta Marcos joined some 170 other world leaders and dignitaries, including US ...

A group of Northern Kentucky high school students who were in Italy when Pope Francis died are now traveling back to the ...

Pope Francis' coffin was buried in Santa Maria Maggiore, the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome, where thousands of ...

Waiting for an African Pope” by my brother, Azu Ishiekwene, made an interesting reading. Azu’s immense fecundity, as usual, his flawless prose, and free-flowing minting and weaving of words will ...

ROME (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday paid his respects to Pope Francis, occupying a front-row seat in sunlit St.