Reuters Pope Francis died on Easter Monday aged 88 and with the funeral ... The BBC's religion editor Aleem Maqbool explains why it's so difficult to guess who will be the next pontiff.

At Masses across Rome and socioeconomic lines, Catholics prayed the next pope focuses on poverty and peace days before the ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, leading candidates for Pope, face accusations of mishandling child ...

While Pope Francis accomplished a lot in his 12-year papacy, he left much unfinished business and many challenges for his ...

Catholic cardinals are eligible to participate in the conclave, but two have indicated they will not attend. Two of these cardinals are from the Tri-State Area -- Timothy Cardinal Dolan from the ...

A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” (with a key) to ...

Hundreds of cardinals attended mass inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Sunday, to mark the end of a nine-day mourning ...

The College of Cardinals celebrated the ninth and final Novendiales Mass for Pope Francis on Sunday, May 4, the third Sunday of Easter.

Sunday marks the final day of mourning for Pope Francis. The conclave to select the next pope begins on Wednesday. NBC News’ ...

Catholic Church cardinals attended on Sunday the final mourning mass for late Pope Francis, just three days before gathering in conclave to elect his successor.

Timothy Cardinal Dolan, the archbishop of New York, is responding to an AI-generated image of President Trump dressed as the ...

President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself dressed as the pope. The post has since received criticism ...