Known as “the city of darkness,” Kowloon Walled City was a crowded, tangled metropolis of 60,000 people with little political ...

VATICAN CITY, Holy See — Tens of thousands of mourners ... The crowds cheered and applauded as the pope's coffin was brought out of St Peter's Basilica into the square. Many of the more than ...

A conclave to choose a new pope normally takes place 15 to 20 days after the death of a pontiff, meaning this conclave should ...

VATICAN CITY — Tens of thousands of mourners and ... had entered the Basilica beforehand to pay their respects at the coffin of the Argentine pontiff, who died on Monday aged 88.

The Vatican has released photos of Pope Francis in his open coffin, dressed in a red robe with the papal mitre on his head and a rosary in his hand. The pictures were taken in the chapel of the Casa ...

Cardinals could pick a progressive pope ready to build off the changes Francis brought to the church or a conservative who could ratchet them back.

When Pope Francis was elected as the first Latin American pontiff, he said his brother cardinals went out of their way to ...

China's government indicated Tuesday that no decisions had been made regarding which officials might attend the service at the Vatican. After the funeral Mass at St. Peter's, Pope Francis' coffin will ...

Rome was already packed with tourists, many in the city for the Easter holiday ... They decided that ordinary faithful can pay their respects starting when the casket is moved into St. Peter’s ...