Pope Francis, the pontiff whose acts of love and humility rippled through his papacy, was laid to rest in a service he ...

Pope Francis, like all Catholic priests, vowed to celibacy and thus was not married or had children. Here's what we know ...

Pope Francis will be buried today (26 April) along with a number of significant items, including a note. The Vatican ...

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, 91, will preside over Pope Francis' April 26 funeral. He has served in the Roman curia for ...

The announcement of Pope Francis's death occurred on April 21st. He was 88 years old. The moment has triggered many tributes ...

For the Catholic Church’s new leader, cardinals could pick a reformist or someone who can heal rifts.

King Charles will not attend Pope Francis’s funeral due to royal protocol barring monarchs from papal ceremonies.

When I landed in Rome last year, renting a budget room tucked like an afterthought behind St. Peter's Basilica, I had zero ...

He peppered his homilies, talks and even encyclicals with literary references from Dostoyevsky, Proust, Hopkins, Dante and ...

On March 13, 2013, Francis succeeded Pope Benedict XVI, who was the first pope to retire in six centuries. Francis became the ...

As the world mourns Pope Francis, who died April 21 at age 88 ... along with a metal tube containing documents and a papal biography. The coffin is then sealed. The funeral service will be held ...

Melania Trump’s proclaimed fluency in Italian was not on display when she met Pope Francis at the Vatican in 2017.