Few could have predicted that a comment Pope Francis made during a 2018 visit to Chile would blow up into the biggest crisis ...

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

Francis will be buried a the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. St. Louis Cathedral is located 615 Pere Antoine Alley in New Orleans. All are invited to attend. The Associated Press contributed to ...

A conclave to choose a new pope normally takes place 15 to 20 days after the death of a pontiff, meaning this conclave should ...

The Pope’s last words and final greetings were reportedly addressed to Strappetti, the man he trusted to care for him ...

Throngs of Catholics made their way slowly to the 16th century basilica's main altar, where Francis' simple open wooden ...

News is in Vatican City, where tens of thousands of Catholics have gathered to bid farewell to Pope Francis, known as "The ...

Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for humility and outreach efforts to people of disparate backgrounds and faiths, has died at 88, the Vatican said. The pontiff's ...

The Argentine pontiff, who had been recovering after being hospitalized for five weeks with pneumonia, died Monday at age 88.

King Felipe and Queen Letizia will attend Pope Francis's funeral at the Vatican, the Spanish royal palace told Agence France-Presse. Spain, a traditionally Catholic country although much more secular ...

U.S. Cardinal Kevin Farrell, “camerlengo” or chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church, stands before the body of Pope Francis in ...

Devotees of first millennial saint are awestruck and grateful to find themselves on a very different sort of pilgrimage as they head for the Eternal City to join the Church in mourning the death of a ...