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

The over-80 cardinals can be part of the preconclave meetings called general congregations. Those are daily meetings in which ...

Standing alongside the icon of Mary that Francis often visited in that basilica during his pontificate, the cardinal prayed ...

Thousands gathered for a massive Mass outside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires to remember the life and legacy ...

You can read the English translation of the prepared text of the homily, delivered in Italian by Cardinal Giovanni Battista ...

Pope Francis' legacy with LGBTQ people mirrors the example of Jesus: Francis was not afraid to be present with us, reaching ...

The decision was made during a closed-door meeting of the College of Cardinals and announced at a media briefing at the ...

Cardinal François-Xavier Bustillo of Ajaccio, France, is surrounded by members of the media as he approaches the Petriano ...

U.S. President Donald Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy briefly just prior to the funeral of Pope ...

Hundreds of thousands of mourners — monarchs and presidents, cardinals and sisters, Jubilee pilgrims and tourists — turned ...

The cardinals were invited to visit the pope's tomb and pray vespers, which was presided over by Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas, ...

In closed-door sessions called congregations, cardinals have given 70 speeches to their brethren. The conclave is likely to ...