The Vatican says Pope Francis' funeral will be held on April 26 at St. Peter's Basilica after the pontiff lies in state there ...

The pope's death comes one day after Francis, 88, greeted Easter Sunday crowds in his popemobile. He had battled a ...

Pope Francis' funeral will be held on Saturday in St. Peter's Square, setting the stage for a solemn ceremony that will draw ...

Pope Francis expressed heartfelt words to his personal health care assistant before his death in the early morning hours of ...

Oscar Crespo was watching TV in his native Buenos Aires when he saw the white smoke appearing above the Sistine Chapel at the ...

Navarrosa, who is currently writing his thesis on the pope’s 2016 encyclical 'Amoris Laetitia,' recalls meeting Francis in ...

The first ever cardinal of Roman Catholic-majority East Timor had barely had time to process the news of Pope Francis' death ...

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the ...

Pope Francis will be the first pope in hundreds of years to be buried in Rome’s Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore. The pontiff ...

The Vatican has released the first photos that show Pope Francis lying in state after the head of the Catholic church died on ...

Pope Francis' coffin will be carried from the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta to St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday for public ...