Former BBC Rome correspondent David Willey reflexts on how the Vatican has transformed, as well as what its future holds ...

In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the Gaza ...

Meet the Irish-American Camerlengo and Italian dean who are in charge of administering the Church during this interim period.

Roman Catholic cardinals gathered Tuesday in Vatican City to prepare for the Saturday funeral of Pope Francis.

The Vatican says Pope Francis' funeral will be held on April 26 at St. Peter's Basilica after the pontiff lies in state there ...

Vatican City, where the Roman Catholic Church is located, is not only famous for being the home of the Pope but also for the ...

The White House and Vatican have had a relationship stretching back to at least 1919, and includes Pope John Paul II and ...

Pope Francis’ funeral will be a more modest event, after the pontiff broke with longstanding Vatican tradition to simplify ...

After the Vatican announced the pontiff’s death, the news reverberated across the Chicago area, Naperville included.

Rooted in ancient Christian and Roman customs, the Novendiales is a period of nine consecutive days dedicated to mourning the ...

Navarrosa, who is currently writing his thesis on the pope’s 2016 encyclical 'Amoris Laetitia,' recalls meeting Francis in ...

Cardinals are meeting at the Vatican to make the first decisions about running the Catholic Church following the death of ...