The deliberations of a conclave are held in strictest secrecy on pain of instant excommunication. Smartphones and any ...

As the cardinals meet to discuss and choose Pope Francis' successor, it cannot be a time of "political balancing acts, ...

By AFP, Rome Cardinal Angelo Becciu, a convicted embezzler stripped by Pope Francis of his privileges, will not take part in ...

HANOI: Vietnamese Catholics and non-Catholics alike have paid tribute to Pope Francis, whose funeral on April 26 left a ...

Vincent LeVien, his wife, Bridget, and their children, Sophia and Vincent Junior, were traveling to Rome for the canonization ...

Among the tributes to Pope Francis, Vatican News spoke to Monsignor Robert Vitillo, who celebrates Pope Francis' leadership ...

By Linda Bordoni In the wake of Pope Francis' death, those who knew him and embraced his call to uphold and protect the ...

At Mass on the third day of the Novemdiales in suffrage for Pope Francis, the Cardinal Vicar General for the Diocese of Rome ...

The College of Cardinals, gathered in the Vatican City, has announced that they will begin their conclave to elect the 267th pope of the Catholic Church on May 7. The decision was made during the ...

By Michael Gonsalves The Missionaries of Charity, founded by St. Mother Teresa of Kolkata, has closed their home for the destitute in Goa, western India, on April 28 amid fears that their landlords ...

By Michel Chambon As more than 1.4 billion Catholics around the world said farewell to Pope Francis — and millions of ...

A cargo door blew out shortly after take-off from Saigon’s Tan Son Nhut Air Base, damaging the aircraft's controls. The ...