The Academy Award-winning movie has seen a 3,200 percent spike in streaming views as the church prepares to select a new ...

The death or resignation of a pope starts a conclave, a centuries-old ritual of electing a successor that involves sacred ...

Pope Francis' death is also being mourned in the country with the world's largest Muslim population — Indonesia. Friedrich ...

The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to choose the new pope. Here's what happens next.

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.

The funeral of Pope Francis will be livestreamed Saturday, April 25, on YouTube and available for free in multiple languages.

Tens of thousands of people have visited St. Peter's Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis as preparations ...

Cardinals in meetings ahead of the start of a secret conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis are scratching the hair ...

Pope Francis became the church’s 266th in 2013 when the papal conclave elected him after the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI.

The conclave will gather to select the new Pope 15 to 20 days after the death of Pope Francis. In accordance with the rule, the conclave is expected to gather between May 6 and May 11.

The Sistine Chapel in the Vatican is to be closed to visitors from Monday due to preparations for the papal conclave, the ...

In the wake of Pope Francis' death, the process to elect a new pope will soon begin -- sparking speculation that an American ...