Pope Francis, the Roman Catholic Church's leader for the last 12 years, died at age 88 on Monday. In the days following a pope's death or resignation, the Vatican is tasked with both honoring the ...

The global Catholic community and the entire world have been holding prayers for Pope Francis following his hospitalisation with double pneumonia During the election of a new pope, a two-thirds ...

For centuries, the head of the Roman Catholic Church has been chosen through what is known as a papal conclave. The proceedings are cloaked in secrecy, making them the subject of speculation and ...

Church officials announced his death early Monday. Francis was the 266 th pope in the 2,000-year-old Roman Catholic Church, served for 12 years. Now, the papal conclave – the process to elect a ...

Any male baptized in the Roman Catholic church is eligible to serve as pope. The conclave is highly secretive, and the candidates do not publicly campaign for the position. The pope is the leader ...

“Conclave” begins at a gathering to select a new pope in the name of God — though it becomes clear that selecting the next leader of the Roman Catholic ... explained by Fiennes and Rossellini.

Roman Catholic Cardinals gathered for a special ... four or five days,” Father Patrick Mary Briscoe, explained. Out of the 135 eligible cardinals, only 133 will be part of the Conclave.

VATICAN CITY, April 21 (Reuters) - With the death of Pope Francis, announced by the Vatican on Monday, the Roman Catholic Church will begin elaborate rituals steeped in tradition that mark the end ...

Who are possible candidates? Any baptized Roman Catholic male is eligible to be pope, but since 1378, only cardinals have been selected. Some current leading candidates: — Cardinal Pietro ...

USA Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected the new pope and leader of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday and has taken the name Pope Leo XIV a senior cardinal announced to crowds in St. Peter ...

Meanwhile, Pope Francis is the 266th pope to serve the Roman Catholic Church, and he assumed the papacy in 2013. He followed Pope Benedict XVI, who spearheaded the church from 2005 until he ...