As 135 cardinals meet in Rome to decide the next pope, questions about the legacy of the last one will loom large over their ...

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...

At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has ...

NCR analyzed the biographies, background, articles, speeches, homilies and media interviews of members of the College of ...

Cardinals electing a new pope have some fundamental questions to weigh, beyond whether to give the Catholic Church its first ...

World leaders, cardinals and at least 250,000 of the faithful gathered in the Vatican on Saturday morning to bid farewell to ...

Francis opted for burial in Santa Maria Maggiore, located in Rome's most multi-cultural neighbouhood. No pope has been laid ...

Timothy Cardinal Dolan was among thousands of people who visited the tomb of Pope Francis in Rome on Sunday, one day after ...

Video shows Pope Francis’ tomb inside Rome’s St. Mary Major’s Basilica where he was laid to rest Roman Catholic faithful ...

The modest tomb draws huge queues on the first day of public viewing a day after tens of thousands attended his funeral.

The casket bearing the body of Pope Francis made its final journey through the streets of Rome accompanied by applause and ...