Typically, popes are laid to rest beneath St. Peter's Basilica. On Saturday, Francis became the first Catholic leader in over ...

More than 250,000 people gathered in St. Peter's Square and the neighboring streets to attend funeral Mass for Pope Francis ...

He spent the rest of his pontificate going back out to those peripheries, traveling to more than 65 nations, preferring those ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88 after a 12-year papacy. The death of the pontiff has set off mourning across the Catholic world and days of ritual at the Vatican.

Nearly 200 worshippers from the Archdiocese of New York, lead by Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan, hoped to meet Pope Francis on ...

VATICAN CITY >> Presidents, royalty and simple mourners bade farewell to Pope Francis today at a solemn funeral ceremony, ...

Pope Francis, the pontiff whose acts of love and humility rippled through his papacy, was laid to rest in a service he ...

Pope Francis has arrived at Santa Maria Maggiore, also known as Saint Mary Major, which will be his final resting place. The ...

The president got a front-row seat to Pope Francis’s funeral Saturday. But that particular seat wasn’t the one that mattered ...

The simple wooden casket was transported in a popemobile-style pickup truck and greeted to applause and cheers of ‘goodbye, Pope Francis,’ and ‘good journey, Francis,’ from a small crowd gathered just ...

Early Saturday morning, Pope Francis’ Coffin arrived at St. Mary Major, his final resting place. The faithful began filing ...

Francis lived by the idea that greatness is found in humility, not spectacle. His wooden casket was adorned only with the ...