Throughout the day people filed past the coffin, some blessing themselves with the sign of the cross or pausing briefly in ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of people filed through the central aisle of St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects ...

As he glided around St Peter's Square in his popemobile on Sunday, the fact he was 88 and had just spent several weeks in hospital somehow seemed a distant memory. Then everything changed.

Long lines of mourners, many waiting more than four hours under the hot Roman sun, wound around St. Peter’s Square on the ...

A conclave to choose a new pope normally takes place 15 to 20 days after the death of a pontiff, meaning this conclave should ...

Vice President JD Vance shared his thoughts on meeting Pope Francis during what would become the pontiff’s final 24 hours on ...

Pope Francis's open coffin was transferred Wednesday to St Peter's Basilica for three days of lying in state, with thousands of people gathering to pay their respects to the leader of the world's ...

For hours people have been lined up waiting to get into St. Peter’s Basilica to view the pope’s body, to pray, and to say their final goodbyes. The casket is not ...

Francis paid a surprise visit to Rome's Regina Coeli last week to offer well-wishes to inmates ahead of Easter.

Thousands of people began filing through St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis on Wednesday at the ...

Pontiffs have been players in global affairs for hundreds of years. Pope Francis carved out his own form of global influence.

President Trump’s presence at the Vatican funeral marks a rare moment of reverence amid a complex relationship with the late ...