The 135 cardinals eligible to elect the next pope will enter the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave May 7, the Vatican ...

Here is a list of the U.S. cardinals who are under the age of 80 and eligible to enter the conclave May 7 to elect a new pope: -- Cardinal Raymond L. Burke, retired prefect of t ...

After the funeral and burial of Pope Francis April 26, the attention of the world turned to who would be the next pope. The news media, blogs, pundits and people on the street a ...

For thousands of young teens who traveled to Rome for the Jubilee of Teenagers, the announcement of Pope Francis' death came ...

When Pope Francis was elected as the first Latin American pontiff, he said his brother cardinals went out of their way to ...

This is the English translation of the prepared text of the homily, delivered in Italian by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, for the funeral of Pope Fran ...

In a powerful, unexpected moment at the Vatican, former U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met inside St. Peter’s Basilica on April 26 -- j ...

The first time I heard Pope Francis proclaim these words through one of his social media accounts early on in his pontificate ...

Each year on Aug. 5 the church liturgical calendar commemorates the dedication of St. Mary Major (in Italian, Santa Maria ...

After an estimated 250,000 people had passed by the body of Pope Francis, lying in an open casket in front of the main altar in St. Peter's Basilica, the casket was sealed in a p ...

(Shortly after the funeral Mass for Pope Francis held in St. Peter's Square on April 26, 2025, Archbishop Richard G. Henning spoke to The Pilot from the Pontifical North American College in Rome t ...

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump plan to attend the funeral of Pope Francis, he said April 21. He also ...