Ballots are burned in the process, but the smoke seen by the world is created using another stove, the Vatican Information ...

Flags across Texas and the United States have been lowered to half-staff since Monday in honor of Pope Francis.

Fluent in Spanish, Italian, French and Portuguese, Tobin was appointed cardinal by Pope Francis in 2016, which at the time ...

Those touched − figuratively and literally − by Pope Francis, the "People's Pope," during his only visit to the U.S. reflect ...

His critics were fellow clergy as well as elected officials in the ascendant wing of the American Catholic political realm.

With dozens of foreign delegations attending, some from hostile countries, the funeral’s seating arrangements presented a ...

Elected pope in 2013, Francis was known as a humble reformer who worked to make the Church more inclusive and was concerned ...

Ten U.S. cardinals are among those who will gather in Rome to elect a successor to Pope Francis, who died Monday.

When the cardinals meet for the conclave, they gather in the Sistine Chapel. All cardinal electors must swear an oath of ...

For six days in September, 2015, Pope Francis made a historic visit to the United States, visiting some of the country's ...

ROME, Italy — Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) led a bipartisan delegation of United States lawmakers to Pope Francis' funeral at ...

Elected pope in 2013, Francis was known as a humble reformer who worked to make the Church more inclusive and was concerned with the poor. Here's a look at Francis' time in the United States ...