Immediately after a new pope is chosen, the rush begins to prepare him for his first appearance.

After 12 years of sitting unused without its holidaymaker during the papacy of the late Pope Francis, who preferred to take time off in the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV has now revived this 16th-century ...

CBS Chicago Vault: Coverage of Pope John Paul II's visit to Chicago in 1979 Before last week, the highlight of recent Chicago history involving a pope dated back more than 45 years.

World leaders are expected to sit in alphabetical order according to the name of their country in French, in line with Vatican protocol that also dictated Pope John Paul II’s funeral in 2005.

Pope Francis’ death will now kick start the Catholic Church’s elaborate and centuries-old procedure for electing a new pontiff.

The pope makes the final decision on canonization. A tapestry showing Pope John Paul II hanging from the facade of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.

Today’s day and age needs more holy families — a need that Pope St. John Paul II keenly observed and made part of his pontificate.

Sitting President George W. Bush rode with former presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton on Air Force One to the funeral Mass of Pope John Paul II’s in 2005. Yet when Trump was told that ...

In life, Pope Francis strayed from the more conservative path forged by his predecessors Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict. But in death, Francis will be following in many of John Paul’s ...

Pope Francis, 266th occupant of the throne of St. Peter, has died Pope Francis, orginally of Argentina, succeeded Pope Benedict XVI, the first pope to retire in six centuries.

Immediately after a new pope is chosen, the rush begins to prepare him for his first appearance.