U.S. President Donald Trump stirred controversy and conversation on social media Friday night after posting an apparently AI-altered image of himself dressed as the Pope on Truth Social.

Roman Catholic cardinals will meet in a secret conclave to elect the new leader of the global Church starting from May 7, a senior Vatican source said on Monday.

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta, the Vatican has announced.