The Vatican has released photos of Pope Francis in his open coffin, dressed in a red robe with the papal mitre on his head ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell remembers the day Pope Francis asked him to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy See after the death of one pope and before the election of another. They ...

The process of electing a new pope involves centuries-old rituals and Latin terms, from the conclave to the Habemus Papam.

The American cardinal who runs the Vatican while there’s no Pope - Cardinal Kevin Farrell will orchestrate the conclave to ...

A change in popes is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the transition in leadership for both the ...

The Vatican has released images showing Pope Francis as he lays in an open coffin. The release of these images comes as ...

The funeral of the late Pope Francis will take place on Saturday, with his body going on public display from Wednesday for ...

Francis, 88, died unexpectedly on Monday after suffering a stroke and cardiac arrest, the Vatican said, ending an often ...

The institution fears the impact of disinformation campaigns on an election that will feature the largest number of cardinals ...

Tributes have poured in from around the globe for Pope Francis, a liberal reformer who took over following the resignation of ...

Francis was more tolerant with another critic, the retired archbishop of Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen. He excoriated the ...

He grew up in a working-class neighborhood in Dublin, and now Kevin Farrell is set to preside over the election of the new ...