A change in popes is a complicated process. Here are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of news in the coming days.

A contender to be the first black pope in modern times - With Pope Francis's passing, focus turns to Cardinal Peter Turkson, ...

Thousands of believers waited in line on Thursday outside St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican to pay their last respects to ...

Before he became the leader of Catholics, Pope Francis was known for his charity — but his own organs will not be donated due ...

(THE CONVERSATION) On the morning of Easter Monday, after his final public address the day prior, Pope Francis died at age 88, closing 12 years of leading the Catholic Church. He joins the phenomena ...

During his homily, Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, said individuals and the church must follow in the footsteps ...

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.

So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s Basilica that the ...

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.

Hong Kong’s outspoken Roman Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen has been allowed to leave the southern Chinese city to attend Pope ...

The papacy of Pope Francis ended with the same core doctrine for LGBTQ+ people that he inherited: The Catholic Church still ...