At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has ...

As members of the College of Cardinals prepare for the conclave, they face a profound choice: Build on the late pope’s ...

World leaders, cardinals and at least 250,000 of the faithful gathered in the Vatican on Saturday morning to bid farewell to ...

Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, will be mourned and buried at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major ...

Alongside the gossip and the gallows humor, the ancient and solemn rituals continue,” Chiara Barzini writes from Italy.

Video shows Pope Francis’ tomb inside Rome’s St. Mary Major’s Basilica where he was laid to rest Roman Catholic faithful ...

Fiorello Maffei, a 58-year-old who lives in London, returned to Italy for the now postponed canonisation of Carlo, a Londoner ...

The faithful will be flocking to Rome to honor the death of Pope Francis, who died on April 21, with his funeral scheduled ...

"The first thing you noticed was that the bells were tolling," said Principal Jeffrey Wojcik, who led a group of 22 students, ...

Former President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will among those attending Saturday's funeral for Pope Francis in ...

Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica a day after he was bade farewell by the powerful of the ...