An Irish-born American cardinal was entrusted by Pope Francis to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy ...

A change in popes is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the transition in leadership for both the ...

Francis was more tolerant with another critic, the retired archbishop of Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen. He excoriated the ...

He who enters the conclave as pope, leaves it as a cardinal.” In other words, any candidate seen as the frontrunner before ...

Francis, the head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, died at his home in the Vatican on Monday aged 88 after suffering a ...

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

LOCAL CATHOLIC bishops and political leaders reacted to the death of Pope Francis on Monday with messages of mercy, sacrifice ...

After a private audience with United States Vice-President JD Vance, who represented an Administration Francis had taken to ...

US President Donald Trump on Monday confirmed he will attend the funeral ceremony of Pope Francis, who died on Monday.

The unknown took shape on both sides for Monday’s baseball game between Charleston Catholic and Williamstown. For ...

US President Donald Trump confirmed that he would be attending the funeral of Pope Francis, accompanied by First Lady Melania ...

Pope Francis died, aged 88, on Monday. But contrary to speculation, his death was not caused by double pneumonia for which he ...