The conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.

St. Peter’s writings to persecuted people ... though the Vandals took it over later. Pope Gregory I was the Catholic leader who in the late 500s stylized "Gregorian Chant" – a tradition ...

Pope Francis asked to be buried in St. Mary Major, close to the most important icon of Mary, the Salus Populi Romani.

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

The shortest conclave history was in 1503, when Pope Julius II was elected in just under 10 hours. The 2013 papal conclave, ...

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

Pope predicting is not a new phenomenon. One of the documents which is often referred to in this light is a medieval text ...

"We need to avoid the spiritual sickness of a Church that is wrapped up in its own world," Pope Francis said shortly after ...

( NewsNation) — The funeral of Pope Francis took place Saturday in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City, drawing around 200,000 ...

“St. Francis is a beloved figure known for his humility, love for the poor and patronage of the environment,” Morgan said.

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