As tradition dictates, the late pontiff’s signet ring will be destroyed — or defaced, at least — within the walls of the ...

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

Monsignor Paul F. deLadurantaye of the Catholic Diocese of Arlington discusses the death of Pope Francis and the process as ...

A priest who looks after the Catholic community in West Cornwall has said Pope Francis will be a "hard act to follow" ...

The names of a few U.S. bishops have surfaced as possible contenders for Pope including Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark, ...

The Holy See, which governs the Vatican City, generates money in a variety of ways, including through donations from around ...

Cardinals began to arrive at the Vatican on Tuesday, in the flurry of activity following the Pope's death on Monday.

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died aged 88 He died of stroke and subsequent ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell remembers the day Pope Francis asked him to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy ...

The date of Pope Francis' funeral has been confirmed. The late pontiff's funeral will take place on Saturday, April 26, in St ...

The funeral of Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday at the age of 88, will take place on Saturday morning, the Holy See said in a statement Tuesday.

Tributes to Pope Francis pour in from around the world with Vatican set to published details of funeral and conclave ...