At the end of a pope's reign, a secret vote takes place at the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, Rome. Here is the election ...

Inspired by St. Francis of Assisi, Bergoglio chose his name after he became the 266th pope on March 13, 2013, at the age of ...

Over the centuries, the outcome of conclaves has been impossible to predict. But if the cardinals named by Francis vote ...

Pope Francis was the 266th pontiff, having taken over from Pope Benedict in 2013. Francis made history as the first pope ...

Twenty-three men will be ordained as new Legionaries of Christ priests at the Vatican this ... camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church. The event will be broadcast live on YouTube in Italian, with ...

Pope Francis, the reform-minded Roman Catholic leader ... birthday—he was ordained as a priest with the Society of Jesus, the largest religious order for Catholic men better known as the Jesuits.

Pope Francis passed away after leading the Roman Catholic Church for 12 years ... who recommended that Francis allow the ordination of married men as priests. The proposal was limited to remote ...