The only time papal power changes hands is when a pope dies or resigns. At that time, a whole series of rites and rituals ...

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are expecting 40,000 people to participate in the White House Easter Egg Roll.

Pope Francis died Monday, the Vatican announced, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble ...

While many popes are buried under St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, Pope Francis will not continue that trend. In December, Pope Francis said he wanted to be buried in the Rome basilica of St. Mary ...

A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” It implies the sacred and secretive process is no popularity contest or campaign, but rather the ...

Traditionally, the pope's internment, which takes place between four and six days following his death, occurs after a traditional Roman Catholic funeral Mass officiated by the dean of the College of ...

Pope Francis, a reformer who rattled the Catholic Church's conservatives and inspired some progressives, has died. Pope Francis, the popular Roman Catholic pontiff who advocated a more compassionate ...

Vice President JD Vance had met with Pope Francis on Easter Sunday in the Vatican, a day before the pontiff’s passing. Monday morning, as the vice president traveled to India for further overseas ...

Pope Francis, the popular Roman Catholic pontiff who advocated a more compassionate papacy and a less traditionalist approach ...

Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, died Monday at the age of 88. In places of worship around the world, Catholic ...

Kate Gallego decided to run for mayor of Phoenix when she realized she didn’t have to wait for her life to be “perfect” to go ...

Pope Francis died today following a long and public battle with pneumonia. He was 88. Francis still had a ways to go to ...