As the Catholic Church moves towards selecting its next leader, global attention focuses on potential candidates.

Inside the soaring nave of St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday, the quiet hush of world leaders paying respects to the late Pope ...

The rite began in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta, where Francis lived for the 12 years of his pontificate and where he ...

The iconic image of US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sitting in St. Peter's Basilica, ...

President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met at the Vatican Saturday before attending the funeral ...

Pope Francis’ death the day after Easter Sunday made possible this striking, and perhaps historic, meeting in St. Peter’s ...

The shortest conclave history was in 1503, when Pope Julius II was elected in just under 10 hours. The 2013 papal conclave, ...

facing one another and hunched over on chairs in St. Peter’s Basilica, where Francis often preached the need for a peaceful end to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Francis choreographed the funeral himself ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is being laid to rest Saturday in a ceremony reflecting his priorities as pope and wishes as ...

The office of President Zelensky shared a picture of Trump and Zelensky engaged in conversation at St. Peter’s Basilica.

Pope Francis blessed a crowd awaiting his arrival in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City ... The 88-year-old pope sat in a raised chair in the popemobile, as tens of thousands of people ...