VATICAN CITY (AP) — Heads of state and royalty will start converging on Rome on Friday for the funeral of Pope Francis in the ...

The clash in style between Donald Trump and Pope Francis and their positions on migration, the environment and poverty will ...

Pope Francis is breaking with tradition when it comes to where he will be laid to rest – choosing a light-filled basilica with an intriguing history instead of the grottoes of the Vatican.

The funeral of Pope Francis will be held on April 26. He is currently lying in state at the St Peter’s Basilica, Vatican, ...

The deceased pope will be dressed in his simple white cassock and red vestments, then placed in a simple wooden coffin. This ...

The funeral Mass will likely be celebrated inside St Peter’s, because of the late winter weather, and there is also the ...

Italian and Vatican authorities have placed the area around St Peter’s under tight security ahead of the funeral. Read more ...

World leaders send condolences after Pope's death Tens of thousands have flocked to St Peter’s Basilica to pay their final ...

So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s Basilica that the ...

US cardinal accused of mishandling child sex abuse cases chosen to close casket - Pope Francis’s funeral will be held on ...

A local service in Rochester honored the late Pope Francis. Bishop Robert Barron of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester gathered worshippers to send tributes to the former Pope.