The death of Pope Francis initiates a centuries-old process of rituals and traditions culminating with a conclave to choose ...

The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of its preparations for the conclave to elect the next pope ...

Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary ...

Timothy Cardinal Dolan was among thousands of people who visited the tomb of Pope Francis in Rome on Sunday, one day after ...

About 250,000 mourners in Vatican City fell into hushed silence on Saturday morning as the funeral for Pope Francis began.

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.

Over three days this week, more than 250,000 people stood for hours in line to pay their final respects while Francis’ body lay in state in St. Peter’s Basilica.

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

Thousands of people lined the streets of Rome to see something that hasn't been done in over a hundred years: a Papal funeral ...

Watch the key moments from Pope Francis’ funeral Mass in Vatican City following his death at the age of 88. His coffin was ...

World dignitaries and Catholic faithful attended Pope Francis' funeral in St. Peter's Square on Saturday. Despite the ...

The pope’s unadorned tomb, marked by a single Latin word — Franciscus — was intended, a cleric said, to reflect a life of ...