Pope Leo XIV has spoken publicly about his childhood in Chicago for the first time as pontiff. Leo recalled Thursday that ...

The Pope’s coffin was placed in front of Papal Altar in the famous church and will remain there until his funeral. Mourners began filing into the Basilica at around 11am local time (10am GMT) to ...

Pope Leo XIV incenses the altar inside St. Paul Outside The Walls Basilica in Rome, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, where he came to pray over the tomb of the Apostle Paul. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) ...

Although Pope Francis simplified the papal funeral rites in a move of typical modesty, Saturday’s ceremony will still be full of pomp and pageantry, as the world’s Catholics bid him farewell ...

As such, a papal conclave was scheduled to begin May 7, 2025, for 133 elector cardinals from around the world to convene inside the Apostolic Palace and vote for who among them should be the new pope.