Pope Francis, who chose his papal name after the 13th-century figure St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of ...

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

Pope Francis's successor will face a litany of challenges, from the place of women and the LGBTQ community in the Catholic ...

With Pope Francis laid to rest, all eyes turn now to the conclave, the secretive meeting of cardinals set to convene within ...

A non-European pope would make sense, given that Catholicism is growing in Africa and Asia, while church attendance is ...

At what was to be a somber goodbye for Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square on Saturday, a style controversy hijacked part of the attention and it involved President Donald Trump, Prince William, and an ...