To be eligible to participate in the conclave, members of the College of Cardinals have to be under 80 years old. This means that as of 2025, only 135 members of the College of Cardinals are allowed ...

Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. Here’s a look back at his historic Philly visit as part of the World Meeting of Families.

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

The funeral of Pope Francis will take place on Saturday at 10am local time (8pm NZT) in the square in front of St Peter’s ...

Pope Francis, a reformer who rattled the Catholic Church's conservatives and inspired some progressives, has died.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear ...

A Labor candidate running in the federal election repeatedly attacked the late Pope Francis and the Catholic Church for “ongoing support for pedos” in a series of deleted social media posts.

Although Francis’s predecessor Pope Benedict declared the number of electors should be capped at 120, Francis’s hectic pace ...

The Vatican has released a series of images showing Pope Francis lying in an open coffin, taken hours after his death.

Infographic: Maura Losch/Axios White smoke will soon rise again from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling a new era of leadership in the Catholic Church — but first, there must be prayers, meetings ...

Pope Francis signet or papal ring is destroyed after his death. Legit.ng has explained why this is done. The world is in mourning following Pope Francis' death.