In 1903, the pope’s missing Fisherman’s Ring and fortune worth up to $45 million were missing. Ancient tradition mandated ...

Theologically, Leo is remembered for a revival in interest in Saint Thomas Aquinas. He was also a great humanitarian. In fact, where Pope Francis lived and the cardinal electors will be housed ...

In 1903, the pope’s missing Fisherman’s Ring and fortune worth up to $45 million were missing. Ancient tradition mandated that the old ring had to be destroyed before a new pope could be elected.

As late as 1903, at the death of Pope Leo XIII, this verification was ritually done by tapping the forehead of the pope with a silver hammer. It may also have been done with Pope John XXIII ...

Francis visited this church often. He is the first pope buried outside of the Vatican since Leo XIII in 1903. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) ...

As I sat among the more than 200,000 people who came to Rome to grieve the loss and celebrate the life of Pope Francis, one word kept running through my mind − mercy. I thought of the pope’s ...

Former President Joe Biden praised the late Pope Francis in a new op-ed, drawing a contrast between him and politicians who "practiced the politics of dehumanization" in what some outlets ...

With the death and funeral of Pope Francis comes the start of a sacred process of determining a successor that dates back many centuries. The papal conclave is private election held behind closed ...

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.

The basilica is the resting place of seven other popes, but this is the first papal burial outside the Vatican since Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903 and was entombed in another Roman basilica in 1924.

After attending the funeral of Pope Francis over the weekend, President Donald Trump had an interesting thought about who could succeed the Catholic leader. When asked by reporters on the White ...