Pope Francis had a lighthearted speaking style, and sometimes he even created words in a combination of his native Spanish ...

Papal experts have lauded the Oscar-nominated film as one of the more accurate depictions of the closed-door Vatican ...

Presidents of Republics and monarchs have mingled in the front rows during the funeral for Francisco. The world turns with ...

From Pope Francis' first major remark in July 2013, “If a person is gay and seeks God and has goodwill, who am I to judge him ...

In the coming days cardinals younger than 80 will assemble at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis.

After Pope Francis' funeral, the Catholic Church shifts focus to the conclave, where cardinals will elect the next pope. This ...

Francis, who rejected much of the pomp traditionally associated with the papacy during his 12-year reign, had requested to be ...

Consequently, the gap between formal and informal systems continues to widen as evidenced by how the informal economy is fast becoming a secondary underground ecosystem whose systems cannot be ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his successor begins. They involve the certification ...