Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the senior Vatican official who announced Pope Francis' death on Monday morning, will serve as head of the Catholic Church until a new pope is elected, according to the Vatican ...

Following Pope Francis’s death, speculation arises over potential successors, including Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke from the ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died on Monday (April 21) after suffering a ...

Francis, who emerged from his convalescence on Easter Sunday to bless the thousands of people in St. Peter's Square, died on ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear ...

A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” It implies the sacred ...

Pope Francis, who breathed his last on Easter Monday, died of a stroke and subsequent irreversible heart failure, the Vatican ...

The death of a pope typically triggers a series of ancient rituals steeped in centuries-old Catholic tradition — from funeral ...

Pope Francis died of a stroke, the Vatican announced hours after the death on yesterday of the 88-year-old reformer who ...

Pope Francis has died at age 88. The first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. Here are the key things to know about the death of ...