VATICAN CITY (AP) — Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white ...

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

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Pope Francis, 88, died Monday morning at the Vatican. Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell was seen sealing the door to ...

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U.S. Consul General in Florence Daniela Ballard speaks about the American Consulate's being open for "business as usual".

As a restorer who specialized in late medieval and early Renaissance paintings from Italy, he was in intimate touch with the ...

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Pope Francis’ funeral has been set for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, and a viewing of his body will begin on ...

Most famous as the hometown of Shakespeare’s tragic couple Romeo and Juliet, Verona isn’t typically one of the first cities ...

Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta will be buried on Saturday at the ...