After four rounds of voting, the cardinals summoned for the Conclave reached a consensus to elect the new pope ...

From St. Peter to Pope Francis, the history of the papacy in the Catholic Church spans more than two thousand years. The pope ...

Let’s take a look back at history and explore the complete list of popes throughout the Church’s nearly 2,000-year history.

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The pope was formally pronounced dead by the cardinal camerlengo — currently Irish-born American Kevin Farrell — who is one of the most important Vatican officials during the interregnum period.

On his return to Rome he was hailed as the Apostle of the North. Shortly afterwards in December 1154, Pope Anastasius IV died. At that time, all the Popes had been high ranking and Italian.

About 250,000 people attended the funeral service for Pope Francis on Saturday morning in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, before the late leader of the Catholic Church was transported to the ...

A French nun who traveled to say goodbye to Pope Francis in the Vatican this week was allowed to break church protocol. The 81-year-old Sister Genevieve Jeanningros had a close, four-decade-long ...

For Anastasius, a Trappist monk from Hong Kong ... Those who spoke whispered reflections about Pope Francis — or quietly speculated about who might succeed him. Inside, the crowd moved slowly.

Peter’s merits, said Pope Leo I (440-460), were unique ... divine affairs,” Gelasius exhorted the Eastern Roman emperor Anastasius I, “and seek from them the means of your salvation.” ...