Only cardinals under the age of 80 are allowed to vote in a papal election. There are currently 135 cardinals eligible to ...

Pope Francis was laid to rest at Rome’s Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore following a massive, choreographed funeral that saw more than 250,000 mourners in attendance. The pope’s tomb is purposefully ...

Crowds of mourners waited in line on Sunday for a chance to visit Pope Francis’ final resting place in the Santa Maria ...

Just 20 hours before his death, the pontiff had made his last appearance on Easter, reminding the world of the essence of life and urging people to renew the hope for peace.

Members of the public queue to visit Pope Francis's tomb at the Roman basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore as it opens to the ...

Typically, popes are laid to rest beneath St. Peter's Basilica. On Saturday, Francis became the first Catholic leader in over ...

An estimated 400,000 people lined the streets of Rome and gathered inside St Peter's Square for the funeral of Pope Francis ...

The image of the Salus populi romani venerated by the Capitoline is increasingly a model for Catholics around the world. Many ...

Cardinals have chosen May 7 as the date to start conclave and elect a new leader for 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, ...

People lined up from the early hours of Sunday to bid farewell to Pope Francis in front of his tomb in the Papal Basilica of ...

A venerated Byzantine icon of Mary is housed in the Pauline chapel near the tomb. A vase of golden roses, donated by Francis ...

Federal officers performed an operation at an underground nightclub in Colorado overnight Sunday. More than 100 immigrants were detained during the raid and those believed to be in the US illegally ...