The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI in February 2013 sent shockwaves through the global community, breaking an eight-century ...

Pope Francis died at age 88 on April 21, setting off a series of centuries-old rituals to select a new leader of the Catholic ...

When conservative Pope Benedict XVI stepped down in 2013, citing frailty of body, the Catholic world braced for a like-minded ...

More than 250,000 mourners attended a simplified funeral service for the late Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, ...

In addition to the white smoke, the ringing of the bells of St Peter's Basilica serves as an audible confirmation that a new ...

In front of hundreds of world leaders attending the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday, Italian Cardinal Giovanni Battista ...

World leaders and mourners of the Catholic faith gather in Vatican City for Pope Francis' funeral on Saturday.

I remember his first time at the window after his election, I guess we were all thinking there would be some theologically ...

Massive crowds gathered in Rome on Saturday to bid a heartfelt farewell to Pope Francis, whose Requiem Mass marked the ...