At age 16, Ana María Careaga was pregnant and kidnapped during the regime of terror. Her story is one Pope Francis never ...

The Holy See remains Taiwan’s only European ally, even as the Catholic Church deepens historic diplomatic and religious ...

Hundreds of thousands gathered in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, a day after Pope Francis' funeral, for another ceremony to ...

The Vatican released photos of the tomb of Pope Francis, who was buried on Saturday in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome ...

ROME (Reuters) - Hundreds of people filed past the tomb of Pope Francis from early on Sunday morning in the Roman basilica ...

The conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.

Cardinals this week will start in-depth discussions on planning the conclave to choose Pope Francis' successor. No date has ...

Pope Francis had a great sense of humor. When I met him once at the back of the papal plane, I cracked a joke with him that ...

Francis, who took his name after Saint Francis of Assisi, was known for his outreach to the poor and those in poverty and ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white ...

Dozens of leaders and dignitaries - including Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelensky, and Prince William - bin join thousands of ...

After the funeral service, the Pope's coffin was carried in an armour-plated ‘Popemobile’ through crowd-lined streets, across ...