Only cardinals under the age of 80 are allowed to vote in a papal election. There are currently 135 cardinals eligible to ...

The image of the Salus populi romani venerated by the Capitoline is increasingly a model for Catholics around the world. Many ...

Crowds of mourners waited in line on Sunday for a chance to visit Pope Francis’ final resting place in the Santa Maria ...

Just 20 hours before his death, the pontiff had made his last appearance on Easter, reminding the world of the essence of life and urging people to renew the hope for peace.

Cardinals have chosen May 7 as the date to start conclave and elect a new leader for 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, ...

Pope Francis was laid to rest at Rome’s Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore following a massive, choreographed funeral that saw more than 250,000 mourners in attendance. The pope’s tomb is purposefully ...

On Sunday, the Vatican released images showing the tomb of Pope Francis at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, also known as ...

Cardinals have chosen May 7 as the date to start conclave and elect a new leader for 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, ...

Typically, popes are laid to rest beneath St. Peter's Basilica. On Saturday, Francis became the first Catholic leader in over ...

Pope Francis blessed all from the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica — “Urbi et Orbi” (To the city [Rome] and to the world). “On this day, I would like all of us to hope anew and to revive our ...

He explained that fear is “a cage that excludes us from happiness and snatches away the future.” Instead of fear, Pope Francis encouraged all people, especially Christians, to go out, form a community ...

The Vatican has announced that the conclave to elect a new pope will begin on May 7. This follows the death of Pope Francis, ...