Presidents, prime ministers and cardinals have gathered for the funeral of Pope Francis as huge crowds descended upon Vatican City. The Catholic faithful are bidding a final farewell to a religious ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is being laid to rest Saturday in a ceremony reflecting his priorities as pope and wishes as ...

Historic service begins at Vatican as world leaders join thousands of mourners - More than 200,000 people are believed to be ...

Pope Francis died on Monday at the age of 88. His funeral will take place in St. Peter’s Square today before his body is ...

A papal conclave, the election of a new pope, tends to begin 15-20 days after a papal vacancy. Black or white smoke indicates ...

A historic farewell to a pope unlike any before him, Pope Francis is laid to rest in a ceremony at St. Peter’s Basilica that ...

Francis did away with that sort of viewing. Instead, a procession brought his coffin on Wednesday directly to St. Peter’s ...

From the outside, it looks like any other New England church building: a boxy, white structure with a single steeple ...

At that point, he becomes the new pope and will state his chosen pontifical name before the assembled cardinals. The most ...