Donald Trump and the UN chief among guests to attend funeral ceremonies for the Catholic Church’s late pontiff.

A look at the centuries-old tradition of burying popes in three coffins — and why Pope Francis decided to simplify his own burial rites.

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

CNN By Caitlin Danaher, Christopher Lamb, Lauren Kent, Antonia Mortensen, Barbie Latza Nadeau and Sebastian Shukla, CNN Vatican City (CNN) — The body of Pope Francis is lying in state in St. Peter’s ...

Although Pope Francis simplified the papal funeral rites in a move of typical modesty, Saturday’s ceremony will still be full of pomp and pageantry, as the world’s Catholics bid him farewell and ...