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

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

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

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

Memorial Masses for Pope Francis are expected across the world on Tuesday. In the Philippines, people packed the main hall of ...

Tributes to Pope Francis pour in from around the world with Vatican set to published details of funeral and conclave ...

Faithful and nuns gather by the statue of Pope Pius IX, inside in St. Mary Major basilica, where Pope Francis will be buried, ...

The cardinals met Tuesday in the Vatican's synod hall to chart the next steps before a conclave begins to choose Francis' ...

Pope Francis's funeral will take place on Saturday at 10:00 local time (08:00 GMT) in front of St Peter's Basilica, the ...

Cardinals were due to meet on Tuesday to plan Pope Francis's funeral, which leaders from around the world will attend ahead ...