It's a 900-year-old book, carefully preserved at the Vatican, that predicts it. And Pope Francis could be the very last head of the Church, says Euronews. It's precisely him, and his wavering ...

Former Cardinal Robert Prevost stunned his hometown on Thursday when the Vatican announced that the 69-year-old Chicago native had been chosen as the first US-born pontiff in the 2,000-year history of ...

Several options are available to the Holy Father, who has pledged to heal divisions and build bridges within the Church.

When Pope Francis died, questions about his successor were all over the news. Every Catholic waited with bated breath on who the new head of the Catholic Church will be. The names of Asians and ...

Pope Francis’ death will set in motion the Catholic Church’s elaborate and centuries-old procedure for electing ... the famed hall within the Vatican that’s adorned with Michelangelo ...

The frail 88-year-old, known as a humble reformer of the Catholic Church, greeted thousands ... The framework of Vatican City's politics occurs within a theocratic absolute elective monarchy ...

His papacy was marked by efforts to modernize the Catholic Church, generating both support and criticism. He appointed a significant number of cardinals who will elect his successor. VATICAN CITY ...