Pope Francis has continued to break with tradition even in death, having requested before he died several changes to the ceremony and burial that accompany the passing of a pontiff. But although the ...

The pontiff, who died on Easter Monday aged 88, had a special relationship with the church, and landed on it as his final resting place after a spiritual moment.

Pope Francis, champion of the poor and the Church's first Latin American leader, will be honored Saturday with a funeral ...

Pope Francis' coffin has been closed in a private ceremony attended by senior cardinals ahead of his funeral today - while ...

The funeral of Pope Francis is set to be markedly different from those of his predecessors, including St John Paul II and ...