Here are some of the potential contenders to become the next pope, which will be the 267th successor of St. Peter.

New York's bishops urge Catholics to ask their lawmakers to vote not on proposed legislation to legalize physician-assisted ...

Pope Francis became one of the world's most newsworthy individuals and proved to an intriguing figure for moviemakers and ...

The Diocese of Buffalo has reached a potential agreement with abuse survivors five years after filing for bankruptcy.

Students and chaperones from Bishop Kearney High School learned of Pope Francis’ death after arriving in Pisa, Italy, April ...

In the first nine hours that Pope Francis' body had lain in state in St. Peter's Basilica, more than 19,000 people stood in ...

Thousands of people had made an early morning pilgrimage to St. Peter's Square April 23 to witness the transfer and pray for ...

Participants gathered at Rochester’s Corpus Christi Church and made 14 stops on the way to St. Michael Church.

A look at the Pope Francis' legacy as history's first pope from the global south and a maverick who often delighted the world ...

One morning after celebrating the risen Christ on Easter, Catholics around the world as well as in the Diocese of Rochester ...

Just as hundreds of people had gathered at the Vatican each night to recite the rosary when Pope Francis was hospitalized, ...

Faithful are recalling Pope Francis' 2015 apostolic journey to the U.S. as a moving encounter, with an impact still felt a ...