This story was updated with Carmelita Johnson’s court appearance on Thursday. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Two adults have been charged in relation to a crimes involving juveniles in ...

The pope was formally pronounced dead by the cardinal camerlengo — currently Irish-born American Kevin Farrell — who is one of the most important Vatican officials during the interregnum period.

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A transcript of one of the last things he wrote before he died. By Pope Francis Pope Francis was head of the Catholic Church until his death on April 21. This is the full text of a foreword ...

About 250,000 people attended the funeral service for Pope Francis on Saturday morning in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, before the late leader of the Catholic Church was transported to the ...

Pope Francis was remembered as a pope of the people, a pastor who knew how to communicate to the "least among us," during the homily at his funeral on Saturday. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Vatican City Although three of the five popes before Pope Francis have been named saints, merely serving as pontiff is not a shoo-in to canonization.

April 27, 2025 • As he prepares to enter the seclusion of a conclave to elect a new pope, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminster, reflects on diversity and sexual abuse in the ...

Catholics, atheists, Muslims and more, from around the world, tell of how the pope’s life and leadership inspired them. Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript ...

Sister Geneviève Jeanningros left the queue of mourners and approached the body of Pope Francis as it lay in state. By Eve Sampson Follow our live coverage for the funeral of Pope Francis at St ...

Father Arturo Sosa, SJ, superior general of the Society of Jesus, reflected on the first Jesuit pope in a press conference on Thursday, saying Francis “did not seek to please everyone” or to ...

The date when Catholic cardinals will gather to select Pope Francis's successor is not yet known, but bookmakers and crypto investors are already scrambling to guess who will be the next pontiff.