At Masses across Rome and socioeconomic lines, Catholics prayed the next pope focuses on poverty and peace days before the ...

Hundreds of cardinals attended mass inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Sunday, to mark the end of a nine-day mourning ...

Even those who applauded the actions he took during his 12-year papacy said they were just a beginning, and that his ...

While Pope Francis accomplished a lot in his 12-year papacy, he left much unfinished business and many challenges for his ...

From cash bets on websites to online games modeled after fantasy football leagues and casual wagers among friends and ...

One of Pope Francis's popemobiles is being transformed into a mobile health clinic for children in the Gaza Strip, fulfilling ...

Death did not stop Pope Francis from making a surprise video appearance Sunday before more than 100,000 young people gathered ...

The gleaming colonnade of St. Peter's Square provides a majestic backdrop as four men wait for a free dinner on a terrace in ...

On a balmy night outside Manila’s Baclaran church, Gerald Concepcion, 32, and his fellow devotees were decorating a float of ...

My hope is that the next pope will follow in Pope Francis’ words in resisting the pull of surface-level spirituality and ...

Francis-era reforms that saw a diverse group of cardinals join the mix make his successor nearly impossible to call.