The cardinals met Tuesday in the Vatican’s synod hall to chart the next steps before a conclave begins to choose Francis’ ...

Francis made his last public appearance Sunday, delivering an Easter blessing and greeting followers from his popemobile ...

According to tradition, the camerlengo certifies the pope’s death, seals the papal apartment and breaks the pope’s fisherman’s ring, as a symbol of a vacancy at the Holy See. He leads the procession ...

Pope Francis passed away on Monday (Apr 21) at the age of 88 at his residence in Vatican City's Domus Sanctae Marthae. The ...

Francis broke from tradition and asked for a "simple" burial in Rome's Basilica of Saint Mary Major instead of St. Peter's ...

Francis was more tolerant with another critic, the retired archbishop of Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen. He excoriated the ...

Cardinals met at the Vatican on Tuesday to plan the conclave to elect his successor and to make other decisions about running ...

The Vatican has set Pope Francis' funeral for Saturday, as global media outlets descend upon Rome where millions of mourners ...

Pope Francis himself helped rewrite the funeral rituals after the death of his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI.