Pope Francis began his papacy in 2013 during the Obama administration, but former President Barack Obama is not planning to ...

Heads of state and royalty will start converging on Rome on Friday for the funeral of Pope Francis in the Vatican’s St. Peter ...

As of Thursday evening, about 90,000 people have visited St. Peter’s Basilica to pay homage to Pope Francis, the Vatican ...

The basilica will be kept open until at least midnight on Thursday to allow the faithful to mourn. Francis' funeral will be ...

Cardinals could pick a progressive pope ready to build off the changes Francis brought to the church or a conservative who ...

So many mourners lined up to pay their respects to Pope Francis that the Vatican kept St. Peter's Basilica open all night to ...

A conclave to choose a new pope normally takes place 15 to 20 days after the death of a pontiff, meaning this conclave should ...

Thousands flooded through the walls of Vatican City as a procession of cardinals and pallbearers took the body of the late ...

So many people lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state at St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88 after suffering a stroke, setting off mourning in the Catholic world and ...

The basilica was bathed in a hushed silence as mourners from across the globe made a slow, shuffling procession up the main ...