The shortest conclave history was in 1503, when Pope Julius II was elected in just under 10 hours. The 2013 papal conclave, when Pope Francis was elected, was one of the shortest in history, lasting ...

First Lady Melania Trump joined her husband Donald and other world leaders, royals and religious figures from around the ...

Presidents, prime ministers and cardinals are among those bidding a final farewell to a religious leader described as "a pope ...

Pope Francis on Saturday morning in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, after which the late leader of the Catholic Church was ...

White smoke curled from a chimney over the Sistine Chapel at 7:06 p.m. March 13, 2013. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina had been chosen as the new Pope.

Pope Francis died on Monday at the age of 88. His funeral will take place in St. Peter’s Square today before his body is ...

A papal conclave, the election of a new pope, tends to begin 15-20 days after a papal vacancy. Black or white smoke indicates ...

As many as 200,000 people are expected to attend the funeral, which Francis choreographed himself when he revised and ...

Francis did away with that sort of viewing. Instead, a procession brought his coffin on Wednesday directly to St. Peter’s ...

From the outside, it looks like any other New England church building: a boxy, white structure with a single steeple ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is being laid to rest Saturday in a ceremony reflecting his priorities as pope and wishes as ...