According to tradition, the camerlengo certifies the pope’s death, seals the papal apartment and breaks the pope’s ...

Pope Francis passed away at the age of 88 on Monday, April 21 after a final appearance at St. Peter's Square following Easter ...

This is Latin for “having had mercy and choosing him” — a phrase that Francis chose as his motto when he was elevated to ...

An Irish cardinal acting as the head of the Catholic church on an interim basis following the death of Pope Francis has an ...

Pope Francis’ funeral has been set for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, and a viewing of his body will begin on ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, a cardinal from the United States has become acting head of the Vatican until a new ...

Navarrosa, who is currently writing his thesis on the pope’s 2016 encyclical 'Amoris Laetitia,' recalls meeting Francis in ...

The death of Pope Francis has resulted in a cardinal from the United States becoming the acting head of Vatican till a new ...

The cardinals set the funeral for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, to be celebrated by the dean of the College of ...

The Vatican has released the first solemn images of Pope Francis lying in repose inside his private chapel. Dressed in red vestments with a rosary in hand and a bishop’s mitre crowning his head, the ...