Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is sometimes called the "Asian Francis" because of his infectious smile, easy laugh, and ...

Catholic teenagers reclaim the figure of the Argentine and await a new Pontiff with whom they also "connect". "Many young ...

Nuns don’t have a vote in the election of a pope. But nearly 900 superiors of the world’s female religious orders gathered in ...

The papal conclave—the election of the next Pope—is set to begin on May 7, and will see 133 cardinals gather to vote.

I never knew how much I wanted to go to Rome until I got there.

Francis is not the only pope to rest there. Seven others are buried on the grounds, most notably St. Pius V, who established ...

World leaders, cardinals and at least 250,000 of the faithful gathered in the Vatican on Saturday morning to bid farewell to ...

Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered, because it ...

Fiorello Maffei, a 58-year-old who lives in London, returned to Italy for the now postponed canonisation of Carlo, a Londoner ...

The modest tomb draws huge queues on the first day of public viewing a day after tens of thousands attended his funeral.

Pallbearers stand next to the hearse carrying the coffin of late Pope Francis near the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome on Saturday. (Marco Bertorello/AFP/Getty Images) 0 min Pope Francis has ...