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

: Pope Francis’ funeral will be held at 10 a.m. local time (4 a.m. ET) on Saturday, the Vatican said. The funeral will be held in St. Peter’s Square, the piazza outside the Vatican’s main basilica.

On March 13, 2013, Oscar Crespo was watching TV in his native Buenos Aires when he saw the white smoke appearing above the ...

Faithful and nuns gather by the statue of Pope Pius IX, inside in St. Mary Major basilica, where Pope Francis will be buried, ...

Most famous as the hometown of Shakespeare’s tragic couple Romeo and Juliet, Verona isn’t typically one of the first cities ...

Today, AD joins architect Nick Potts in London to uncover the city’s ancient Roman origins. Before London, there was Londinium, the capital of Roman Britain, and although it was abandoned by AD 450, ...

Pope Francis' passion for soccer was evident throughout his pontificate. But Francis, who died Monday at 88, also turned to ...

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Vatican News has reported that Pope Francis was thankful that he was able to greet throngs of people in St. Peter’s Square on ...

Meet the Irish-American Camerlengo and Italian dean who are in charge of administering the Church during this interim period.

From papal bobbleheads and cheese sculptures to pterodactyl maps, Philly was lit for Pope Francis' 2015 visit.