VATICAN CITY — Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb ...

When a pope dies or resigns, the Catholic Church follows an ancient, secretive process called the conclave to elect his ...

Pope Francis’ funeral procession passed the Temple of Venus and Rome on its way to the Basilica ... of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Roman Catholic Church on Saturday laid to rest Pope Francis ...

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Rome’s key tourist sites within the Vatican - the heart of the Catholic Church - are now absorbed by mourning and reelection procedures. Around 15-20 days after the pontiff’s death ...

Iran says the next round of negotiations over its rapidly advancing nuclear program it will have with the United States will ...

Since the sexual revolution, Catholic liberals have ... the Latin Mass without permission from Rome, which is routinely refused. In doing so, he made Church life unpleasant for the very Catholics ...

Pope Francis, 88, the head of the worldwide Catholic Church, will be laid to rest on Saturday (Apr 26) in Rome. The Argentine pontiff died from a stroke on Monday (Apr 21), less than a month after ...

May you bless the Church, bless Rome ... Courtney Mares is a Rome Correspondent for Catholic News Agency. A graduate of Harvard University, she has reported from news bureaus on three continents ...

Cardinals who traveled to Rome for Francis’ funeral will be meeting regularly this week ahead of the conclave as they start to chart a way forward for the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church.

VATICAN CITY — The Roman Catholic Church bid farewell to the first New ... heard about the pope’s death just before boarding her flight to Rome. “For me, the flight became a vigil ...

His reign as head of the Catholic Church was defined by a desire to bring ... del Marmo youth detention centre on the outskirts of Rome. The traditional rite represents Jesus' final act of ...