Timeline: How Pope Francis’ funeral and the Conclave to select his successor will work - The late pope will break from ...

The funeral drew world leaders, including President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, who had a talk in the ...

Efforts to fix the Vatican’s broken finances helped restore confidence among big givers. But the work isn’t finished.

The cardinals set the date for the conclave. Their next meeting is on Monday morning at 9 a.m. Rome time. All the electors ...

A papal conclave, the election of a new pope, tends to begin 15-20 days after a papal vacancy. Black or white smoke indicates ...

World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his ...

As the Catholic Church enters a period of transition, millions of Catholics worldwide are wondering what comes next.

Security experts say the operation to secure Pope Francis' funeral will be anything but uncomplicated and straightforward.

The historic meeting, which some are already describing as Pope Francis’ first miracle, may have an impact on the election of ...

The passing of Pope Francis means that cardinals will elect a new leader for the Catholic Church. Robert Harris, the author ...

As part of Francis’ push to simplify the papal funeral rites, his body is in a single wooden coffin lined with zinc, rather than having three nested coffins of cypress, lead and oak as was tradition.

Speculation surrounding a conclave to elect a pope is a time-honored tradition. But for the impending conclave following the death of Pope Francis, the ranks of armchair Vatican experts have ...