The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to choose the new pope. Here's what happens next.

Thousands of people have begun filing through St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis at the start ...

With his death April 21, Pope Francis marked yet another first in the history of the Catholic Church: he became the first ...

Pope Francis's tomb has been made of Ligurian marble and only bears the inscription Franciscus, his name in Latin, the ...

The body of Pope Francis is now lying in state in St. Peter's Basilica. The pontiff’s mortal remains, lying in an open wooden ...

White Crucifixion” marked the start of a series of paintings in which he envisioned Christ as an emblem of Jewish persecution ...