The 77-year-old Irish-born priest is currently serving as camerlengo, a position which makes him acting head of the Holy See.

Cardinal Kevin Farrell remembers the day Pope Francis asked him to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy ...

Catholics across Southern California and around the world continue to mourn the death of Pope Francis, the first Latin ...

This is Latin for “having had mercy and choosing him” — a phrase that Francis chose as his motto when he was elevated to ...

Pope Francis' final will states that he will be buried at St. Mary Major basilica, outside the Vatican and home to his ...

VATICAN CITY — A day after the death of Pope Francis, the funeral arrangements are being shared. The pope’s funeral will be ...

The cardinals set the funeral for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, to be celebrated by the dean of the College of ...

Pope Francis’ funeral has been set for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, and a viewing of his body will begin on ...

As tradition dictates, the late pontiff’s signet ring will be destroyed — or defaced, at least — within the walls of the Vatican.

The cardinal - in red mozzetta and cassock - is shown blessing the body of the late Pope during the rite of the declaration ...