President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina have travelled to Rome to attend the funeral of Pope Francis. They will pay ...

In the last 100 years, the Catholic Church has only seen eight Popes, including the late Holy Father Pope Francis. The ...

The Vatican will make final preparations Friday for Pope Francis’s funeral as the last of the huge crowds of mourners file ...

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Pope Francis' funeral will take place on Saturday. After that the process of selecting a new pope begins. Here's a look at how the papal conclave works.

Italian and Vatican authorities have placed the area around St Peter's under tight security ahead of the funeral, with drones ...

The papal conclave is a tradition dating back to the 13th century. Cardinals are sequestered in the Vatican and take a vow of ...

Only 135 of 260 cardinals or those under age 80 will vote for the next pope in a Vatican City conclave expected to begin on ...

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

The Trump Organization fired a conservative lawyer who served as its ethics adviser hours after the president attacked him ...

A popular expression of Pope Francis was his phrase “the God of surprises.” That phrase was often turned against Francis by ...

Hundreds of New Yorkers are in Vatican City on a pilgrimage led by Timothy Cardinal Dolan. They'll visit Saint Peter's ...