The Vatican has released several photographs of Pope Francis lying in an open coffin in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta, ...

Francis died Monday morning at 7:35 a.m. Central European Summer Time, or 1:35 a.m. Eastern Time, according to the Vatican announcement. He had been pope for 12 years after ascending to the head of ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell remembers the day Pope Francis asked him to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, passed away at 88 after battling health issues. His funeral is scheduled for ...

In changes made by Pope Francis last year, his body was not placed in three wooden coffins, as it had been for previous popes.

Cardinal Kevin Farrell was handpicked by Pope Francis to be camerlengo, which involves running the Vatican in the days ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who has ties to the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, was chosen by Pope Francis to serve as ...

In life, Pope Francis strayed from the more conservative path forged by his predecessors Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict.

This is Latin for “having had mercy and choosing him” — a phrase that Francis chose as his motto when he was elevated to ...

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

Pope Francis passed away on April 21 at the age of 88 after suffering a stroke and heart failure. The Vatican confirmed the ...