Under the frescoes painted by Michelangelo, cardinals will elect the successor to Pope Francis at the Sistine Chapel as the ...

It was soles rather than souls that needed prayer ... s pope and doesn’t take the church backward,” Katherine said. They would all like to see a progressive pope, in continuity with Francis.

The motto that Francis selected for his papacy, ‘looking at him with mercy, he chose him,’ was inspired by Caravaggio’s ...

Pope Francis will be remembered for his humble spirit, compassionate leadership and historic significance as the first pope from the Americas and the first born outside of Europe in more than a ...

For thousands of Catholic pilgrims in Rome, it’s the unmissable Vatican appointment: the midday Sunday blessing the pope ...

At least five Cardinals are in the running to be the next ... Gregorio Chavez of El Salvador gave very few clues on who could be the pope to succeed the beloved Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday ...

A perfect Roman day dawned on Saturday, April 26, the morning the Catholic Church laid to rest our beloved Pope Francis ... to ask for the prayer of the people in the square, Francis garnered ...

Following Pope Francis' death, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, former Archbishop of Indianapolis, is a contender to be the first American pope. A cardinal with ties to Indiana has a shot of becoming the ...

As dusk fell over the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica in Hagåtña on Thursday, Guam’s Catholic community gathered in solemn prayer and remembrance of Pope Francis, who died Monday at ...

The conclave that elected Pope Francis began on March 12, 2013, and he was announced as pope the next day, after five ballots. The conclave that elected his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI ...

“We just buried our beloved Pope Francis and the cardinals are about to enter a solemn conclave to elect a new successor of St. Peter. Do not mock us.” According to the group’s ...

The death of Pope Francis has ignited widespread online curiosity about the process of electing the next leader of the Catholic Church. Francis died on April 21 and the Roman Catholic cardinals ...