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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 ...

World dignitaries and Catholic faithful attended Pope Francis’ funeral in St. Peter’s Square on Saturday. Despite the ...

Even as the Catholic Church observes a nine-day period of mourning after Pope Francis was buried on Saturday, speculations ...

Following the solemn yet also joyous occasion of Pope Francis’s funeral, attention now turns to who might follow him. It was ...

Communities worldwide attended church on Sunday for the first time since Pope Francis’ passing. At Sacred Heart in Waco, it was a morning that felt different for many.

Exit tourists. Enter cardinals. The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to ...

The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to elect the next pope after the ...

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

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

The College of Cardinals, clad in their red cassocks, solemnly processed towards the Sistine Chapel, where Michelangelo’s awe ...

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