Crucial meetings will be held this week in which contenders begin jockeying in earnest for the job of leading the Roman ...

Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary ...

The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of its preparations for the the conclave to elect the next ...

The pontiff's final resting place features a reproduction of his pectoral cross, a light, and the word 'Franciscus' ...

Pope Francis's modest tomb drew massive queues on the first day of public viewing in Rome on Sunday, a day after an estimated ...

Red-hatted cardinals were expected to pick a date Monday for the conclave to elect a new leader of the world’s 1.4 billion ...