The church is divided. The problem is to find the one who unites, not pretend that it isn’t divided,” one church historian ...

One in 5 of the world’s Catholics now live in Africa, and African cardinals will be key in determining Francis’s successor at ...

Cardinals this week will start in-depth discussions on planning the conclave to choose Pope Francis’ successor ...

The cardinals were invited to visit the pope's tomb and pray vespers, which was presided over by Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas, coadjutor archpriest of the basilica.

The late pontiff was first Jesuit, the first Latin American, and first and last a priest, walking beside people on their journey of faith.

About 250,000 mourners in Vatican City fell into hushed silence on Saturday morning as the funeral for Pope Francis began.

People lined up from the early hours of Sunday for a farewell to Pope Francis at his simple tomb in the Papal Basilica of ...

Once the conclave begins, cardinals will vote twice in the morning and twice in the evening until they make a selection.

Images of Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky , hunched forward on simple chairs in the middle of St Peter's Basilica on ...

What happens after Pope Francis funeral – how the Conclave to select his successor will work - The late pope broke from ...

Tens of thousands of mourners from across the world queued throughout the week to pay final respects to Pope Francis at St Peter’s Basilica. World leaders descended on the Vatican on Saturday for Pope ...

Since His Eminence, Cardinal Farrell, announced the death of Pope Francis, on Monday, the world has not remained the same. All eyes had been on the life and times of this global icon, a notable man of ...