Francis' coffin reached St. Mary Major Basilica, his chosen burial place, following Mass in the morning at St. Peter's Square ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis' funeral brought world leaders, monarchs, and hundreds of thousands of people to Rome on Saturday to bid him farewell in a ceremony of breathtaking spectacle that ...

Pope Francis, who led the Roman Catholic Church for 12 years, died on Monday morning at the age of 88. Francis' life and time as pope, which was noted for humility and outreach efforts to people of ...

Mike Marza has more on Pope Francis' funeral from Rome. Vatican Media via AP NEW YORK (WABC) -- World dignitaries and Catholic faithful attended Pope Francis' funeral in St. Peter's Square on Saturday ...

Pope Francis’ funeral will take place on Saturday, but before that his body will lie in state in St. Peter’s Basilica, where ordinary faithful will be able to pay their respects. Cardinals met on ...

A look at some of the hundreds of thousands of Catholics from around the world who flocked to Vatican City to pay their respects to the late pontiff. VATICAN CITY — As world leaders took to their ...

Nearly a week after the death of Pope Francis at the age of 88, worshippers will gather in the Vatican to honor the life and legacy of the beloved head of the Catholic Church. The pope's funeral will ...

(RNS) — As a Jew reading about Pope Francis’ funeral wishes, the precedent set by Rabban Gamliel immediately came to mind. These two religious leaders, centuries apart, broke with traditions around ...

For many American Catholics in Rome last week, what began as a vacation or pilgrimage became a trip of a lifetime as they found themselves among the 250,000 mourners bidding farewell to Pope Francis.

For the past week, the news industry’s attention has been concentrated on Vatican City as the world mourned Pope Francis. All the major news networks offered live coverage of the Pope’s funeral, which ...