VATICAN CITY (AP) — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” ...

The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a successor, the piercing ...

Church bells tolled in mourning. Well-wishers flocked into pews. Tributes to Pope Francis poured in from around the world on ...

It includes St. Peter's Church, Friedhof St. Peter (a cemetery), the oldest library in Austria and the oldest restaurant in central Europe. The cemetery's catacombs date to antiquity, and are ...

The death of a pope begins a precise sequence of events that include the confirmation of death in the pontiff’s home, the transfer of the coffin to St. Peter’s Basilica for public viewing ...

After the ballots are pierced, they are burned in a cylindrical stove at the end of the voting session. Black smoke from the ...

In a solemn procession, cardinals and bishops accompanied the pope’s open coffin from his Vatican residence to St Peter’s Basilica on ... oldest and most revered churches, where Francis ...

Ouellet defended priestly celibacy for the Latin Rite church and upheld ... Christoph Schoenborn, of Austria, attends a vespers celebration in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday ...

LYON, France (AP) — Church bells tolled in mourning ... on Easter Sunday to bless thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square. — U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who met with the pope on ...