A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the ...

Francis advocated for the powerless, for those who have so little and yet are villainized by people in positions of authority ...

The papal funeral is scheduled for Saturday, April 26. It will be a more modest event than others, for a modest man.

Before mourners in their thousands gather in St. Peter’s Square to grieve, before leaders from around the world arrive to pay ...

Here is a look back at Francis’ appointment as pope in March 2013. From the archives: A look back at Francis’ appointment as ...

"The View" co-host Joy Behar worried on Tuesday that Pope Francis, who passed away on Monday, might be replaced as head of ...

Public viewings of Pope Francis’s body will begin this week at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City ahead of the Catholic ...

The cardinals set the funeral for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, to be celebrated by the dean of the College of ...

Although Pope Francis had good intentions when denouncing clergy sexual abuse he was met with great resistance within the ...

Pope Francis was the first pope to visit Iraq, a historic event still remembered by Chaldeans in metro Detroit who mourned ...

ATLANTA — Catholic civil rights group, the Catholic League, has written to a letter to the House Ethics Committee saying that ...