VATICAN CITY -- Heads of state and royalty will start converging on Rome on Friday for the funeral of Pope Francis in the ...

A Brazilian priest has taken selfies next to the body of Pope Francis in the Basilica of St Peter - with the Vatican forced ...

Heads of state and royalty will gather in Rome to pay their respects to Pope Francis, who died Monday after suffering a ...

Rome and the Vatican are being transformed into a fortress for Pope Francis’s funeral on Saturday.With world leaders ...

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.

The last numbers released by the Vatican said more than 50,000 people had paid their last respects in the first 12 hours of ...

Why people are queueing for hours for a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ glimpse of Pope’s body - A teen who waited in line for five ...

St. Peter's Basilica will be kept open until midnight on Wednesday and Thursday to allow the faithful to mourn.

Pallbearers, next to Swiss Guards, carry the coffin of the late Pope Francis (C) as it is transported from the chapel of ...

After the death of the pope, the director of the Vatican’s health services — currently Dr. Andrea Arcangeli — examines the ...

Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century church in Rome.