VATICAN CITY (AP) — The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a ...

LYON, France (AP) — Tributes to Pope Francis instantly poured in from around the world from presidents to people of all walks ...

A Pontifical Swiss Guards stand by the Vatican Bronze door half closed after Pope Francis died, in St. Peter's Square at the ...

Pope Francis, who died on Monday, revised various rites last year, simplifying the funeral rituals to emphasize his role as a ...

Pope Francis died Monday, the Vatican announced, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, ...

Other writers look at immigration, Signalgate, mental health funding, food bank funding, other national issues and MTA ...

The top leadership of New York's prison system is sending mixed messages in the wake of two homicides behind bars.

Pope Francis, who died on Monday, had an informal, lighthearted speaking style, and sometimes he even created words in a ...

Proposals being floated by state leaders do nothing to tackle the root causes of the system’s insolvency and would soon lead ...

FILE - Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, who chose the name of Pope Francis, waves to the crowd from the central balcony of ...

The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a federal judge to order a radical shake-up that would ban Google from striking the ...