Pallbearers carried the coffin of Pope Francis, adorned with just a crucifix and his coat of arms, down the central aisle of ...

Early Saturday morning, Pope Francis’ Coffin arrived at St. Mary Major, his final resting place. The faithful began filing ...

As part of Francis’ push to simplify the papal funeral rites, his body is in a single wooden coffin lined with zinc, rather than having three nested coffins of cypress, lead and oak as was tradition.

Up to 300,000 mourners took to the streets of Rome today to bid farewell to Pope Francis, whose funeral rites reflected his ...

The pontiff's casket was closed in St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday, April 25, after three days of public visitation during ...

The body of Pope Francis was transferred to St. Peter's Basilica to lie in state for three days so the Catholic faithful and ...