The funeral rites take place in three parts, called stations. The first takes place in the pope’s private chapel, after ...

Despite the papal tradition of a St. Peter’s Basilica burial, it’s expected that Pope Francis will be laid to rest elsewhere, ...

The faithful converged on Francis’ other spiritual home, St. John Lateran, to pay their respects and process the passing of their diocesan leader.

The seven Roman churches in the pilgrimage include the four papal basilicas: St. Peter’s Basilica, the Basilica of St. John ...

While many popes are buried under St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, Pope Francis will not continue that trend. In December, Pope Francis said he wanted to be buried in the Rome basilica of St. Mary ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who served as Pope Francis’s secretary of state, stands by the pope’s coffin in the chapel of his ...

Access to the Sistine Chapel and St Peter’s Basilica will be limited as Pope Francis’s passing triggers a lengthy period of ...

The pope's death comes one day after Francis, 88, greeted Easter Sunday crowds in his popemobile. He had battled a ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

VATICAN CITY -- Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: ...

The prayer rituals for the formal recognition of his death April 21, his funeral and eight memorial Mass are designed as ...

Pope Francis died of a stroke and irreversible heart failure, according to the death certificate released by the Vatican.