ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ doctor has recounted the pontiff’s final moments in a pair of newspaper interviews, saying the ...

Pope Francis, the 266th head of the Roman Catholic Church, died on April 21 at the age of 88.

The papal funeral is scheduled for the early hours of April 26. It will be a more modest event than others, for a modest man.

Pope Francis was thankful that he was able to greet throngs of people in St. Peter’s Square on Easter, a day before he died, though he ...

Survivors of church sexual abuse acknowledge Pope Francis took important steps, but say his successor must do more to tackle abusive clergy and hold bishops accountable when they mismanage cases.

The public viewing of Pope Francis' casket is scheduled to resume Thursday, a day after it began with numbers that were so ...

Francis did away with that sort of viewing. Instead, a procession brought his coffin on Wednesday directly to St. Peter’s ...

The Vatican has released details of Pope Francis' funeral. See when and where the services are and how to watch live from ...

Corriere della Sera has reported that Pope Francis’ doctor found the pontiff with his eyes open and breathing normally, but ...

The conclave to select the next pontiff has not started yet, but meetings to set the agenda and to decide on the logistics of mourning for Francis were gathering pace.

The congregation also determined which cardinals will celebrate each of the subsequent Novendiales Masses through May 4.