The choice of the basilica was also symbolically significant given its ties to Francis’ Jesuit religious order. St. Ignatius ...

The vatican says 250,000 people were in attendance and packed into Saint Peter's square to say their last farewell to Pope ...

The Vatican released photos of the tomb of Pope Francis as it was opened for public viewing Sunday. He was buried in the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — From some of the world’s most powerful leaders to those on society’s margins whom Pope Francis always ...

Hundreds of thousands of mourners — monarchs and presidents, cardinals and sisters, Jubilee pilgrims and tourists — turned ...

Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, will be mourned and buried at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of young people from around the world had come to Rome expecting to rejoice this weekend in the ...

It is rare for a pope to be buried outside the Vatican, and Francis is the first to do so since Pope Leo XIII in 1903.

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

Please follow this space for all the latest news and updates on the funeral of Pope Francis who passed away at the age of 88 ...

It was a] good meeting. We discussed a lot one-on-one,” Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. “Hoping for results on ...

As hundreds of thousands of Catholics descend upon the Vatican to celebrate the life of Pope Francis, local military and police are armed with huge guns ...