Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church and first Latin American pontiff, died Monday at the age of 88, the Vatican announced. Francis' death came one day after he greeted thousands ...

The news of the pope’s death has reached far and wide. Many grieve the loss of a religious leader who brought hope and kindness in his leadership. Pope Francis was truly a celebrated leader of the ...

MARISSA TANSINO HERE NOW WITH WHAT THIS PROCESS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. MARISSA. WELL, STEVE, THE PROCESS WILL BEGIN MAY 7TH AFTER NINE DAYS OF MOURNING FOR THE DEATH OF POPE FRANCIS. WHICH STANDARD ...

Pope Francis breathed his last at the age of 88. Now a new Pope will now be elected by the cardinals. When the Pope dies or resigns, the rule of the Catholic Church goes to the College of Cardinals.

After a pope dies, the Catholic Church chooses its next leader through an ancient electoral process called the "papal conclave." In practice, since at least 1276, the conclave gathers the church’s top ...

KNOWN AS A CONCLAVE, YASMIN, THAT SECRETIVE CONCLAVE PROCESS HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN THE WAY THAT CARDINALS GO AHEAD AND CHOOSE A NEW POPE. NOW, IT HAS BEEN LARGELY UNCHANGED, BUT I DID SPEAK TO A ...

The world continues to mourn the passing of Pope Francis. But within the walls of the Vatican, an ancient and elaborate process is gearing up to find the next leader of the Catholic Church. With the ...

Pope Francis died Monday at the age of 88, the first sitting pontiff to die since Pope John Paul II’s passing in 2005. His death kicks off the long process of naming his successor, beginning with a ...