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A papal conclave, the election of a new pope, tends to begin 15-20 days after a papal vacancy. Black or white smoke indicates ...
In the wake of Pope Francis' death, many names have been thrown out for his potential successor — but experts believe that ...
Cardinal Christophe Pierre, papal nuncio to the United States, reflected on Pope Francis’s legacy and the evangelizing ...
President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...
USA Today will livestream the funeral for Pope Francis beginning at 3 a.m. ET April 26. Live coverage of the funeral for Pope ...
After a tumultuous papacy, Pope Francis leaves the Chair of Peter with faithful American Catholics anticipating a return to orthodoxy.
With more than 61 million Catholics and the second-highest number of cardinals after Italy, a guessing game is emerging on ...
Those touched − figuratively and literally − by Pope Francis, the "People's Pope," during his only visit to the U.S. reflect ...
Ten U.S. cardinals are among those who will gather in Rome to elect a successor to Pope Francis, who died Monday.
Many of the Catholics he counseled were much younger, but he made a habit of trying to meet them where they were.