Security experts say the operation to secure Pope Francis' funeral will be anything but uncomplicated and straightforward.

Trump, Zelensky and Prince William join thousands for historic Vatican service - More than 130,000 people have filed past the ...

It's very beautiful that he's going back, having concluded his ministry, to the place where it began," Father Patrick Briscoe ...

As the Catholic Church enters a period of transition, millions of Catholics worldwide are wondering what comes next.

Re called Francis “a pope among the people, with an open heart towards everyone.” He recalled the last image many people have ...

In the final stage of his earthly journey, Pope Francis Saturday was entombed in the papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major as a ...

As part of Francis’ push to simplify the papal funeral rites, his body is in a single wooden coffin lined with zinc, rather than having three nested coffins of cypress, lead and oak as was tradition.

Presidents, royalty and simple mourners bade farewell to Pope Francis on Saturday at a solemn funeral ceremony, where a cardinal appealed for the pontiff's legacy of caring for migrants, the ...

After the Mass, Francis' coffin was placed on an open-air popemobile and tranported to the burial site outside the Vatican by a motorcade that traversed the streets of Rome, lined by cheering crowds.

Rome, Italy (AFP)-Hundreds of thousands of mourners joined world leaders, including US President Donald Trump, to bid ...

Canada has three cardinals and two retired cardinals. Cardinals lose their eligibility to vote at 80 years old, but are still ...

The dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni Re, offered the homily during Pope Francis' funeral. Here are the words he ...