Pope Francis was hospitalized for more than five weeks. A pneumonia riddled both of his lungs, and his doctors thought he was ...

White smoke from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signaled that the cardinals have selected the next leader of the Catholic Church.

Catholics across Texas cheered as they watched news coverage of white smoke emerge from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, a sign that a gathering of cardinals in the conclave had finally ...

The College of Cardinals elected Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago to become the next leader of the worldwide Catholic ...

Francis viewed the church as a ‘field hospital.’ He wanted the Church ... He was the first Pope to take the name of Francis, after Saint Francis of Assisi and, like his namesake, Francis ...

New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond is the leader of approximately half a million Catholics in the second-oldest diocese in the country. As the Roman Catholic Church mourns the death of Pope Francis ...

Pope Francis was then taken in procession from St. Peter's to the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome for entombment. During the nine-day mourning period, cardinals from around the world gather in ...

- Pope Francis has been laid to rest in Rome’s St. Mary Major Basilica - The Vatican recently released photos of the late pontiff’s tomb - The simple tomb bears the inscription "Franciscus," while a ...

Faithful take photos of the tomb of late Pope Francis inside the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome, 27 April 2025 Chris Eubank Jr update as boxer to remain in hospital but 'doing well' TSR-2: ...

When Francis left the hospital on March 23 to return ... carried in procession through Rome was in 1903, when Pope Leo XIII’s coffin was taken from St. Peter’s Square to the Basilica of ...

A conclave to elect the next pontiff is expected to take place 15 to 20 days after Francis’s death. Key updates Pope Francis has been buried in a simple tomb at Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica ...