A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the ...

Tributes to Pope Francis poured in Tuesday from around the world, from presidents to people of all walks of life, after the ...

VATICAN CITY - In the chapel of the Vatican's Santa Marta residence, where Pope Francis lived and died, a nun prayed on ...

The Vatican laid out a plan for Pope Francis' funeral and the period of mourning following the pontiff's death. The funeral ...

Sister Mary, who came from Kenya to Rome, tells Sky News the world is facing "a very sad moment because the Pope left us ...

Following the death of Pope Francis on April 21, 2025, rumors spread online about a supposed Catholic tradition in which the ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, 21 April 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta ...

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process. These are the need-to-know terms — some of them ...

As the Vatican begins preparing a conclave to choose the next pope, NBC News’ Claudio Lavanga explains how the real-life ...

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

A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” Any baptized Catholic ...

The United States has 17 cardinals, 10 of whom are eligible to vote in the election of the next pope, according to the ...