ROME (AP) — Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered, ...

Roman neighbors and retired flight attendants Aurelia Ballarini and Francesca Codato came to pay respects to Pope Francis on ...

The Vatican is grieving the first head of the Catholic Church from the Americas and Saturday marks the beginning of the ...

Ten U.S. cardinals are among those who will gather in Rome to elect a successor to Pope Francis, who died Monday.

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is leading a bipartisan delegation of senators to Rome for the funeral. Collins, who met the ...

Everyone who has written tributes to the departed Pope has had flattering words to say about the man. In a world where religion is a deeply divisive topic and wars have been waged over the mere ...

Ireland has been blessed to host two papal visits in the last 50 years. The visits bookended a period in a country that had undergone significant change in its Catholic faith. Comparing Pope Francis’ ...

An audience with the pope is a day to remember. But only on Capitol Hill would the day after the pope visited become even ...

Father Victor Galier happened to be in Rome on a three-month sabbatical when Pope Francis died on Easter Monday ...

The dean of students at Xaverian Brothers in Westwood is among the mourners at the Vatican paying respect to Pope Francis.

At that point, he becomes the new pope and will state his chosen pontifical name before the assembled cardinals. The most ...