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In the wake of Pope Francis' death, many names have been thrown out for his potential successor — but experts believe that ...
After the Mass, Francis' coffin was placed on an open-air popemobile and tranported to the burial site outside the Vatican by a motorcade that traversed the streets of Rome, lined by cheering crowds.
Cardinal Christophe Pierre, papal nuncio to the United States, reflected on Pope Francis’s legacy and the evangelizing ...
Many of the Catholics he counseled were much younger, but he made a habit of trying to meet them where they were.
Ten U.S. cardinals are among those who will gather in Rome to elect a successor to Pope Francis, who died Monday.
With more than 61 million Catholics and the second-highest number of cardinals after Italy, a guessing game is emerging on ...
Those touched − figuratively and literally − by Pope Francis, the "People's Pope," during his only visit to the U.S. reflect ...
After a tumultuous papacy, Pope Francis leaves the Chair of Peter with faithful American Catholics anticipating a return to orthodoxy.
The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and ...
Flags across Texas and the United States have been lowered to half-staff since Monday in honor of Pope Francis.