May 7 marks the beginning of the conclave to elect his successor.

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

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

The date was chief on the agenda of cardinals holding informal meetings Monday to work out church business following the ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The world's Catholic cardinals met on Monday for the first time after the funeral of Pope Francis to ...

Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor, delaying the ...

Members of New Jersey’s Supreme Court sounded skeptical at times about the effort of a Catholic diocese to stop the state ...

It's time for papal predictions, but prediction markets and AI models aren't landing on the same name. Who's accurately ...

The Vatican has confirmed when the conclave to elect the next pope will commence. A total of 135 cardinals are eligible to ...

The conclave could have started earlier, but the cardinals needed more time to hold informal sessions to discuss details to ...

Hundreds of thousands gathered in St. Peter's Square on April 27, a day after Pope Francis' funeral, for another ceremony to ...