With the conclave to choose his successor looking less Eurocentric than ever, Pope Francis' intense pastoral and diplomatic ...

Pope Francis’s funeral will take place at St Peter's Square on Saturday 26 April from 9am UK time and will be attended by ...

The camerlengo will oversee the transition into the new papacy, including preparing the conclave that will select the next ...

Simply put, a conclave is the assembly of cardinals that elects a pope. The word itself comes from the Latin "com" and "clavis," meaning "together" and "key," respectively – highlighting the absolute, ...

The funeral for Pope Francis will be held Saturday in Rome and is expected to be much simpler than those of previous pontiffs ...

The legacy of Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday, is already shaping up to be one of the most distinctive in modern ...