VATICAN CITY (AP) — Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white ...

Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21 ...

With 135 cardinals eligible to vote, the coming conclave is set to be the largest in the history of the Catholic Church and ...

Travellers to Rome should expect closures, visitor restrictions and crowds at some of the city’s main attractions.

On Friday, the day before the pope’s funeral, flight searches on Expedia for Rome for the dates of May 5-14 were up more than ...

Three of the youngest cardinals who will take part in the Conclave: Americo Manuel (51), from Portugal; Cardenal Mykola (45), ...

Father Joseph Thong Nguyen’s joyful personality belies a steely determination that was tested when he was arrested and beaten ...

Speaking at St. Peter’s Basilica on Monday, the 54-year-old vicar general for the Diocese of Rome described how the faithful ...

The death of Pope Francis initiates a centuries-old process of rituals and traditions culminating with a conclave to choose ...

Rounds said it was great to see the influence Pope Francis had on people around the world as seen by the scale of this event.

As Catholics worldwide await the conclave’s choice of Pope Francis’s successor, Diocese of Grand Rapids Bishop David ...

Tourists to Vatican are being shut out of the Sistine Chapel for the foreseeable future after the death of Pope Francis, ...