May 7 marks the beginning of the conclave to elect his successor.

CBS will kick off its coverage of the Pope's funeral at 2 a.m. CT April 26 by re-airing Norah O’Donnell’s interview with Pope ...

Presidents, royalty and a multitude of simple mourners bade farewell to Pope Francis on Saturday at his funeral, where a ...

Saturday’s funeral will kick off the traditional Novendiales, nine consecutive days of mourning for the suffrage of the late ...

The world is mourning Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday aged 88 from a cerebral stroke and subsequent heart failure.

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 ...

Presidents, royalty and simple mourners bade farewell to Pope Francis on Saturday at a solemn funeral ceremony, where a ...

Following Saturday’s open-air funeral in the square, Francis’s remains will be taken through the streets of Rome in another ...

Following the funeral Mass led by Cardinal Giovanni Battista, the coffin of Pope Francis was carried through the streets to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in central Rome. The late pontiff had ...

Pope Francis, the former Argentinian cardinal who often bucked age-old Vatican traditions ... he was laid in a wooden coffin instead of the typical interlocking cypress, lead and oak caskets.

When Pope Francis laid out his wishes for his funeral, he included two stipulations that break long-standing traditions at the Vatican. The leader of the Catholic church passed away on Easter Monday ...