Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, will be mourned and buried at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major ...

About 250,000 mourners in Vatican City fell into hushed silence on Saturday morning as the funeral for Pope Francis began.

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88 after a 12-year papacy. The death of the pontiff has set off mourning across the Catholic world and days of ritual at the Vatican.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama also held a mass for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis. Bishop ...

Pope Francis, the pontiff whose acts of love and humility rippled through his papacy, was laid to rest in a service he ...

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 ...

Although Pope Francis simplified the papal funeral rites in a move of typical modesty, Saturday’s ceremony will still be full ...

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