The White House and Vatican have had a relationship stretching back to at least 1919, and includes Pope John Paul II and ...

Francis broke from tradition and asked for a "simple" burial in Rome's Basilica of Saint Mary Major instead of St. Peter's ...

The pope’s funeral will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said. The funeral Mass ...

The Holy See, which governs the Vatican City, generates money in a variety of ways, including through donations from around ...

Cardinals are meeting at the Vatican to make the first decisions about running the Catholic Church following the death of ...

Vatican City is located in Rome, along the Tiber River. Yes, the Vatican is its own country. In fact, it's the smallest fully ...

The Catholic Church will bid farewell to Pope Francis this weekend as he is laid to rest in St. Peter's Square in a funeral.

Following the death of Pope Francis, a cardinal from the United States has become acting head of the Vatican until a new ...

Cardinals have decided that the public viewing of Pope Francis will begin Wednesday in St. Peter’s Basilica, after his casket ...

Following the pope's death comes a period of mourning, followed by a funeral, a period of "congregations," and then the centuries-old, secretive process known as a conclave.