Meanwhile, Milei and other top government officials gave themselves a 48 percent salary increase last year. The government also quietly shipped several tons of gold reserves to the United Kingdom as ...

Argentine President Javier Milei had pride of place given Francis' nationality, even if the two didn't particularly get along and the pope alienated many in his homeland by never returning there. In ...

NEW DELHI — The world is in mourning as Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, passed away on April 21, at the age of 88. Beloved globally for his humility ...

Update: American Cardinal Robert Prevost has been chosen as the new pope and took the name Leo XIV — the first pope in history from the United States. Pope Francis' death on April 21, the day ...

Sixteen days after the reign of Pope Francis ended with his death on Easter Monday, the Catholic Church is looking to the future. The papal conclave got underway Wednesday afternoon in Rome ...

It cautions: “He who enters a conclave as a pope, leaves it as a cardinal.” The race to succeed Francis, who died last month, is seen as wide open. Although a few names have been cited as ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Jason Horowitz and Emma Bubola Reporting from Rome and Vatican City The death of Pope Francis last month at the age of 88 set off grief and mourning around the world ...

The text of the announcement of the death of Pope Francis, which was read Monday by Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Vatican camerlengo, from the chapel of the Domus Santa Marta, where Francis lived.

Pope Francis’ tenure signified a new leaf for the Catholic church, embracing digital communication—he was the first pope to write an op-ed for the New York Times—and expressing ...

Cardinals from around the world must gather for the conclave in which Francis’ successor is selected. It typically takes between two and three weeks for a pope to be chosen, though it can ...

Francis, a Jesuit from Argentina who died in the early hours of April 21 at age 88, after 12 years as leader of the Roman Catholic Church, was the first non-European pope in nearly 1,300 years.

Choosing Pope Francis' successor is a mix of tradition and necessity. There have been 266 popes in the Catholic Church's roughly 2,000-year history, which spans three millennia. With the death of ...