Queen Camilla wore black to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican, but why can Princess Charlene and other royal women wear white?

A USA TODAY reporter recalls covering the last conclave when Pope Francis was selected. What to expect if you go to Rome for ...

Church records show that only three men born in Africa or of African descent have been pope, in the 2nd, 4th and 5th centuries AD. African Catholics attending services honouring Francis after his ...

Black and purple ribbons hung ... Rabbi Burt Visotzky noted Francis’s appeal to non-Catholics, and New Yorker Mark Zash praised Francis’s famous words, “Who am I to judge?” ...

The death of Pope Francis paves the way for one of the most secretive events in human history, as depicted in the papal ...

The body of the 88-year-old Argentine pontiff was held aloft on a wooden platform by 14 white-gloved, black-suited pallbearers ... where Bernini's bronze baldacchino soars up towards Michelangelo's ...

The famous Chanel fashion house ... the monument is now run by nuns of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, the last Melkite nuns in Europe. The nature of the historical links between Aubazine ...

The body of the 88-year-old Argentine pontiff was held aloft on a wooden platform by 14 white-gloved, black-suited pallbearers ... up towards Michelangelo's famous dome. A crowd of several ...

After Pope Francis' funeral, the Catholic Church shifts focus to the conclave, where cardinals will elect the next pope. This ...

SETH DOANE: Conservative Catholics in America were some of his ... and sexuality. The single most famous statement from his pontificate was the one he made at his very first press conference ...

A Catholic man needs two-thirds of the votes to be elected the next pope. When a session concludes without a man reaching the required majority, the ballots are burned, causing black smoke to ...

On June 21, 1982, people in the United Kingdom weren't just celebrating midsummer and the longest day of the year, the joyful ...