Cardinals prepare to gather in Rome for the conclave to decide on Francis’ successor and the direction they want the church ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis, right, hugs Emeritus Pope Benedict ...

His public persona may have been the humble and patient father figure, but Francis spent his 12 years as pope reorganizing the Vatican bureaucracy — the Roman curia — with more than a touch of ...

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was the first pope in 600 years to resign. He did so at the age of 85 in 2013, leading to the election of Pope Francis. Pope Benedict died at the age of 95 on New Year ...

The test of these changes. — some of which were only finalized three years ago — will come in the closed-door power brokering that goes on around the conclave, which will elect a new pope. The process ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI stunned the world when he announced his resignation in 2013, the first in 600 years. That led some to wonder if, as he grew increasingly frail and sick ...

Pope Francis charmed the world with those poignant acts of love, humility and informality, starting with his first appearance ...

Major General Guy Carleton, governor of Quebec, knew an invasion was imminent, given the history of colonial attempts to ...

Peter's Square in the presence of 15,000 people, the Pope again gave thanks to God for having elected him as Peter's successor, and explained why he chose the name of Benedict. The Holy Father ...

After that rainy night on March 13, 2013, the Argentine-born Jorge Mario Bergoglio brought a breath of fresh air into a 2,000 ...