Around 40 people — homeless, prisoners, migrants and transgender people — will salute the pope holding a white rose, just ...

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 earthly remains of most of history’s 266 popes (plus some European royals) are buried in Rome—in dozens of crypts, ...

Three days of public viewing of Pope Francis’ body by ordinary mourners and statesmen alike have ended and the pontiff's ...

Tens of thousands of people queued up outside St. Peter's Basilica on the last day to pay respects to Pope Francis before his funeral on April 26.

A bipartisan group of U.S. representatives and senators will attend the funeral at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City on ...

Pope Francis’ wooden coffin will be sealed on Friday night, in a private rite that officially ends three days of his body ...

Pope Francis has continued to break with tradition even in death, having requested before he died several changes to the ...

Vendors in Indonesia sold keychains and fans bearing his image. A message board to the late pope was covered in writings from ...

Rev. Ricardo Hernandez shared the sorrow felt by millions of Roman Catholics following Monday’s death of Pope Francis. ...

Pope Francis died, my phone, perhaps like everyone else’s, was swamped with messages. Shared and forwarded expressions of grief, gratitude, quotes, on the universal feeling of mourning and adoration ...

It meant a lot to me to see him, he gave us so much,” said one woman who waited in line to file past the pontiff’s casket.