Cardinals could pick a progressive pope ready to build off the changes Francis brought to the church or a conservative who ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88 after suffering a stroke, setting off mourning in the Catholic world and ...

So many people lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state at St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all ...

Two hours after falling ill, the pope died, having suffered a stroke. “He died without suffering, at home,″ Alfieri told the ...

Bells rang out as the Pope's coffin was carried across St Peter's Square to lie in state ahead of the funeral on Saturday.

From patrols on the River Tiber to surveillance drones and snipers deployed around St. Peter's Square, Rome is preparing to ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis' funeral will be held on Saturday, April 26, in front of St. Peter's Basilica, after the ...

Thousands of people have begun filing through St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis at the start ...

Archbishop Robert Casey will remember and pray for "the repose of the soul of Pope Francis" at four Masses throughout the ...

Alongside the gossip and the gallows humor, the ancient and solemn rituals continue,” Chiara Barzini writes from Italy.

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

The President, Michael D Higgins, has travelled to Rome with his wife Sabina to attend the funeral of Pope Francis. They are ...