The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of its preparations for the conclave to elect the next pope after the death of Pope Francis ...

The Vatican recounts the final hours leading up to the death of Pope Francis, including his last words. Posted: April 28, ...

Pope Francis died of a stroke, causing a coma and "irreversible" heart failure, according to his death certificate released ...

Cardinals are expected to pick a date for the conclave to elect a new leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, following ...

After attending Pope Francis’s funeral Saturday and as they begin pre-conclave meetings to discuss the state of the world and ...

Among the social groups that have lamented Pope Francis’s death in Brazil, the Indigenous peoples seem to be especially ...

A little over a year ago, I spent a week living and studying at the Vatican as a guest lecturer at the Pontifical Academy of ...

ROME: Packing the Roman basilica where he had chosen to be buried in a break from tradition, tens of thousands of people streamed past the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday.In more than a ...

Pope Francis was a blessed bulwark against the further coarsening and dividing of humanity. He did so with grace, dignity and ...