All the cardinals in Rome are expected to visit the tomb to pay their respects on Sunday afternoon, according to the Vatican. A view of the tomb of Pope Francis, as released by Vatican Media on Sunday ...

Everyone from cooks to translators to elevator operators took an oath of secrecy at the Vatican on Monday — under threat of automatic excommunication — to prepare for this week's conclave.

Within 20 days of the pope’s death, a conclave consisting of 120 cardinals out of the 138 “princes of the church” who are under age 80 and can vote will gather at the Vatican to pick his ...

Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on the death of Pope Francis for Wednesday, April 23. For the latest news, view our story for Thursday, April 24. A massive crowd waiting to view the ...

Yet he put his stamp on the future of the church, said Gaya Gupta in The Washington Post.He appointed 108 of the 135 cardinals who are eligible to vote for his successor, and they are the most ...

Pope Francis' death leaves behind a legacy that some view as progressive in the context of the history of the Catholic Church, and polls conducted during his tenure show U.S. Catholics had a ...

How the ‘Conclave’ team recreated the top-secret Vatican ceremony to elect a new pope. ... who leads the selection process and must navigate warring factions and agendas within the Church.

A view of St. Peter’s Square as Pope Francis canonizes 14 new saints during a solemn Mass at the Vatican, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Claire Giangravé ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves Wednesday behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic ...

Why the Catholic Church's future is hard to predict, according to a Vatican expert Updated April 22, 2025 1:33 PM ET Originally published April 22, 2025 4:17 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition ...

After 38 days in hospital battling double pneumonia almost entirely out of sight, Pope Francis made his first public appearance on Sunday since February 14 and returned to the Vatican. But with ...

ROME – While congratulating Donald Trump and wishing him “much wisdom” in his second term, the Vatican’s top diplomat also bluntly declared Thursday that a controversial deal with China on ...