As Catholics around the globe mourn the passing of Pope Francis, attention turns to the future of the Catholic Church and the ...

With more than 61 million Catholics and the second-highest number of cardinals after Italy, a guessing game is emerging on ...

A new archbishop will not only need to lead the British church but play a significant role in the Anglican Communion.

Francis died in his apartment at the Saint Martha residence where he had lived since his election in March, 2013, the Vatican said. At the Vatican on Monday, a hush seemed to descend on the normally ...

Pope Francis, a reformer who rattled the Catholic Church's conservatives and inspired some progressives, has died.

The pontiff, who made history as the first pope from Latin America, suffered a string of health challenges earlier this year ...

President Donald Trump confirms that he will attend Pope Francis’s funeral in Rome after White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt earlier said there were no plans for Trump to travel to the ...

The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Southwark, John Wilson, has told BBC London that Catholics around the world thought the Pope was "over the worst" and thought "we've got him for a bit longer". The ...

The beloved pontiff, who died on Monday at 88 following a lengthy battle of double pneumonia, made changes to his funeral ...

Several world leaders, including South Africa, Turkey, Iran and Nigeria, have hailed Pope Francis as a man who championed the poor and who was not afraid to pronounce on the genocide taking place in ...

Several world leaders, including South Africa, Turkey, Iran and Nigeria, have hailed Pope Francis as a man who championed the poor and who was not afraid to pronounce on the genocide taking place in ...

Pope Francis previously spent about five weeks in the hospital with life-threatening respiratory ailments before he was ...