When a pope dies or resigns, the Catholic Church follows an ancient, secretive process called the conclave to elect his ...

(Photo by Johann Jaritz / CC BY-SA 3.0 AT) On April 6, visitors at St. Peter’s witnessed the rare display of the Santo Volto—the cloth believed to have been used by Saint Veronica to wipe the ...

Pope Francis had a special devotion to the Marian icon, Salus Populi Romani (Salvation or Health of the Roman People), which ...

The chapel next to where Francis was being buried is home to a Byzantine-style icon of the Madonna, the Salus Populi Romani.

Tap on the blue circle to take a look at photos from the funeral for Pope Francis. 1 of 28 The coffin of Pope Francis arrives ...

World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his ...

World dignitaries and Catholic faithful attended Pope Francis’ funeral in St. Peter’s Square on Saturday. Despite the ...

Francis choreographed the funeral himself when he revised and simplified the Vatican’s rites and rituals last year.

The decision by Pope Francis to break with tradition and be buried at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome rather ...

The tomb was opened on the second of nine days of official mourning for Francis, after which a conclave will be held to elect ...

Over three days this week, more than 250,000 people stood for hours in line to pay their final respects while Francis’ body ...

Here are the key things to know about the funeral of the first Latin American pontiff in the church’s history.