The cardinals set the funeral for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, to be celebrated by the dean of the College of ...

The Vatican announced the funeral for Pope Francis will be held on Saturday. Earlier in the week, he will lie in state, and ...

Here is an explanation of some of the terms and practices related to the time between the death of Pope Francis April 21 and ...

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

In the weeks that follow the passing of a pontiff, the city of Rome, and the Vatican in particular, comes alive with ...

- French President Emmanuel Macron, right, shakes hands with and goes to hug Pope Francis at the end of their private ...

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

Francis reformed the rites to be used for his funeral, simplifying them to emphasise his role as a mere bishop and allowing ...

Francis was more tolerant with another critic, the retired archbishop of Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen. He excoriated the ...

Plans are in motion as the Catholic faithful and world leaders begin to gather in Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis.

Pope Francis, the first pope from Latin America, the first from the Jesuit order and the first of his papal name, died on ...

Now, as tradition dictates, the late pontiff's signet ring will be destroyed - or defaced, at least - within the walls of the ...