Tens of thousands of people have turned out to see Pope Francis at a public viewing platform in St Peter's Basilica, where he ...

Black ribbons and half-roundels adorned the outside of St. Mary’s Basilica in downtown Phoenix and its adjacent courtyard ...

The decision by Pope Francis to break with tradition and be buried at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome rather ...

Extensive security measures will be in place in Rome for Saturday’s funeral service for Pope Francis – to safeguard not just the throngs of faithful in and around the Vatican, but also the influx of ...

As early as 2015, Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century ...

When the cardinals gather in Rome to elect Pope Francis’s successor, two issues will weigh on their decision: the Catholic ...

The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to choose the new pope. Here's what happens next.

More than 50,000 mourners have already visited St Peter's Basilica to pay their respects, where Francis lies in state in a ...

Pope Francis introduced changes to the papal funeral rites in 2024 which were aimed at simplifying the ceremonies.

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 ...

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

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