Pope Francis, the pontiff who challenged tradition, leaves the Catholic Church at a crossroad to choose his successor ...

A simplified papal funeral will make a fitting farewell for a pontiff who just three days after his surprise election ...

The U.S. president wore a blue suit, blue tie and American flag lapel pin to the funeral of Pope Francis on April 26, 2025.

"We need to avoid the spiritual sickness of a Church that is wrapped up in its own world," Pope Francis said shortly after ...

Catholic cardinals agreed on Monday to begin a conclave on May 7 to elect a new pope, and highlighted clerical sexual abuse ...

The conclave to elect the next pope will open on May 7, Vatican officials announced today. The cardinals meeting in plenary ...

Fifteen cardinals taking part in the upcoming conclave are 79 years old — some making it under the cutoff just weeks before ...

Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21 ...

Pope Francis' funeral brought world leaders, monarchs, and hundreds of thousands of people to Rome on Saturday to bid him ...

What happens during the interregnum period? Tom Reese, S.J., explains the time between one pope's death and the succession of ...

The dispute over his eligibility to vote threatened to undermine the integrity and legitimacy of the conclave.

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.