In the hit film “Conclave,” as several cardinals stand around the body of a pope who has just died, Cardinal Tremblay (played ...

The attention of the church now turns decisively to the question of Francis’ successor and the preparations for the conclave ...

What happens during the interregnum period? Tom Reese, S.J., explains the time between one pope's death and the succession of ...

What happens when a pope dies or resigns? How does a papal conclave work? What can we expect from a new pope?

The best time to be in St. Peter's Square to see the smoke is just after 7 p.m. the first day of the conclave, May 7; and on ...

St. Óscar Romero's spiritual convictions on the resurrection can be categorized in four ways. First, resurrection is an act ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis will begin on Wednesday, May 7, the Vatican announced ...

World leaders from 160 nations as well as members of the royal families of Europe joined a congregation of 200,000 Romans and ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin told some 200,000 people in St. Peter’s Square that Pope Francis had made the message of God’s ...

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy met inside St. Peter’s Basilica ahead of the funeral for Pope Francis on the morning of ...

Pope Francis is the pope of the people,” Rosa de los Ríos told America in Spanish before the funeral Mass. “He is very close ...

Pope Francis always placed the Gospel of mercy at the centre, repeatedly emphasising that God never tires of forgiving us. He ...