Pope Francis, the 266th head of the Roman Catholic Church, died on April 21 at the age of 88.

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

(THE CONVERSATION) On the morning of Easter Monday, after his final public address the day prior, Pope Francis died at age 88, closing 12 years of leading the Catholic Church. He joins the phenomena ...

During his homily, Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, said individuals and the church must follow in the footsteps ...

China’s state-sanctioned Catholic church has branded Pope Francis a “Western stooge” and criticized Vatican–Beijing ...

Cardinals from around the world are converging on Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis and upcoming meetings that will ...

A man has shared his thoughts on who he and other Filipinos desire to become the next pope of the Catholic church. He said ...

So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s Basilica that the ...

You is the only Korean candidate among 12 leading contenders named by the Italian daily Corriere della Sera to succeed the ...

We should first acknowledge that, like all elections, papal conclaves are contentious. There is often controversy as the likely candidates, or papabili as Vatican watchers call them, discreetly jostle ...

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BBC News Correspondent Mark Lowen caught up with one family from New York who described being able to pay their final ...