Throngs of mourners are lining St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, whose body is ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis' funeral will be held on Saturday, April 26, in front of St. Peter's Basilica, after the ...

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

Pope Francis expressed heartfelt words to his personal health care assistant before his death in the early morning hours of ...

Among Pope Francis' last words were "thank you" to his personal nurse, for encouraging him to greet crowds in St. Peter's ...

Oscar Crespo was watching TV in his native Buenos Aires when he saw the white smoke appearing above the Sistine Chapel at the ...

Navarrosa, who is currently writing his thesis on the pope’s 2016 encyclical 'Amoris Laetitia,' recalls meeting Francis in ...

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the ...

The Vatican has released the first photos that show Pope Francis lying in state after the head of the Catholic church died on ...

Tributes to Pope Francis poured in Tuesday from around the world, from presidents to people of all walks of life, after the ...

Pope Francis probably expected that he would face opposition to his reform agenda after Catholics for two generations grew ...

Cardinals are meeting at the Vatican to make the first decisions about running the Catholic Church following the death of ...