Pope Francis, who passed away at 88, led the Catholic Church since 2013, exceeding the average pontificate length. He ...

Pope Francis died on Monday at the age of 88, just a day after making a much-anticipated appearance at Saint Peter's Sq ...

Currently, 135 cardinals are aged under 80 and thus eligible under Church law to enter a conclave to elect a pope after ...

Potential successors to Pope Francis are Ghana’s Peter Turkson, Luis Tagle of the Philippines and Hungary’s Peter Erdo.