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

While there are those who want to back away from Francis' outreach there is one unalterable fact: When the world's Catholic ...

Ahead of a gathering to elect a new pope, survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic priests have urged cardinals to choose ...

Caravalhal lives in Rome but was unable to pay his respects ... start to chart a way forward for the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church. German Cardinal Reinhard Marx told reporters on Saturday ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The Vatican and local authorities estimate 150,000 people lined Rome’s streets to wave goodbye ... of a nine-day mourning period for the Catholic Church, known as the “Novendiales.” ...