VATICAN CITY (AP) - Cardinals gathered Tuesday at the Vatican to begin scheduling Pope Francis’ funeral and burial, planning ...

Pope Francis died this morning (April 21) and the Vatican has announced his cause of death was a cerebral stroke.

VATICAN CITY – When Steven Bouchey landed in Rome over the weekend, he came with passion and a purpose. “I came in really ...

World leaders and people around the globe mourned the spiritual leader who died at the age of 88.

The Vatican releases first images of Pope Francis, showing him in his casket with the Vatican secretary of state praying over ...

Tributes to Pope Francis pour in from around the world with Vatican set to published details of funeral and conclave ...

Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered all flags in Iowa to be lowered to half-staff immediately until sunset on the day of interment for ...

A new pope does not swoop in and openly set about undoing the legacy of another. But a lot can change as far as style, ...

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

He was a pope who understood the power of a simple touch: caressing the deformed head of a man in St. Peter’s Square, washing ...

Church bells tolled in mourning. Well-wishers flocked into pews. Tributes to Pope Francis poured in from around the world on ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but ...