Pope Francis died content and grateful after a busy day tending to his beloved flock, the Vatican said Tuesday in an account ...

Pope Francis' funeral will be held on Saturday (April 26) in St Peter's Square, Roman Catholic cardinals decided on Tuesday, ...

Pope Francis had earlier expressed that he wants to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, which makes him the ...

The Argentine pontiff, who died on Easter Monday, aged 88, has broken with tradition and asked that his final resting place ...

Vatican and Beijing will be moving towards a more harmonious and conciliatory relationship no matter who the next pope is, ...

In today’s headlines, Pope Francis lies in state at St. Peter’s Basilica, with a memorial mass to be held in Jerusalem. US ...

The pontiff may never have travelled to Australia, but millions of the country's Christians feel a deep connection to him.

The funeral for Francis, the first first Latin American pontiff, is set for 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Peter's Square in The ...

SÃO PAULO—When Francis became the first Latin American pope in 2013, many hoped he would reverse the Roman Catholic Church’s ...

While Francis kept open the possibility, and even had a resignation letter prepared, he said more recently that he believed ...

Pope Francis' death on Monday, the day after Easter Sunday, started off a series of traditions that in a few weeks will ...

A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius VII in 1809 is to go under the hammer ...