VATICAN CITY (AP) — Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white ...

The world's Catholic cardinals met on Monday for the first time after the funeral of Pope Francis to discuss a possible date ...

About 130 cardinals will be able to vote on a successor for Francis, and a two-thirds majority is needed to elect the new ...

The cardinals -- at least, those under 80 years old -- vote for as long as it takes to elect Pope Francis' successor.

With 135 cardinals eligible to vote, the coming conclave is set to be the largest in the history of the Catholic Church and ...

Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21 ...

Students at the University of Detroit Jesuit High School honored Pope Francis following his death as they considered how his ...

It's time for papal predictions, but prediction markets and AI models aren't landing on the same name. Who's accurately ...

The Vatican has announced the Conclave to elect a new pope in the Catholic Church will begin May 7. Officials in the state of ...

What happens during the interregnum period? Tom Reese, S.J., explains the time between one pope's death and the succession of ...

Pope Francis, the 266th and current pope of the Catholic Church, passed away on April 21, 2025, at the age of 88. He died in ...