Tens of thousands queued up outside St. Peter's Basilica on the last day to pay respects to Pope Francis before his April 26 ...

Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, who was accused of covering up cases of abuse as archbishop of Los Angeles, will have an official ...

VATICAN CITY >> Presidents, royalty and simple mourners bade farewell to Pope Francis today at a solemn funeral ceremony, ...

St. Peter's Basilica will be kept open until midnight on Wednesday and Thursday to allow the faithful to mourn.

Maps, graphics explain relatively humble funeral for Pope Francis: public viewing, casket and non-traditional burial site ...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has bid farewell to Pope Francis ahead of the grand funeral service on Saturday. She ...

Pope Francis is lying in state in St Peter's Basilica, where tens of thousands of mourners will file past his open casket ...

The casket of Pope Francis was sealed Friday at St. Peter's Basilica, ahead of his funeral at the Vatican on Saturday.

Heads of state are expected for Francis’ funeral, but the three days of public viewing in the basilica allow ordinary ...

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Inside the casket was a scroll that summarized the life and ministry of the pope, who died April 21 at the age of 88.

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88 after a 12-year papacy. The death of the pontiff has set off mourning across the Catholic world and days of ritual at the Vatican.