The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to ...

The cardinals set the date for the conclave. Their next meeting is on Monday morning at 9 a.m. Rome time. All the electors ...

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

In 2023, Pope Francis announced that he would be buried at St. Mary Major; his tomb has been prepared near the Salus Populi ...

More than 250,000 people paid their respects to the pontiff at his funeral in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said ...

Royalty, presidents, prime ministers and a legion of faithful paid their last respects to Pope Francis at a funeral mass in ...

The funeral of Pope Francis will be simpler than those of previous popes, following instructions he set out himself. But as a ...

By Joshua McElwee, Crispian Balmer and Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Royalty, presidents, prime ministers and a ...

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

COMMENTARY: The mercy of God is invoked at any Catholic funeral, and Divine Mercy has been a mainstay of papal life for 25 ...

As hundreds of millions of people around the world mourn the passing of Pope Francis, the Roman Catholic Church is preparing ...

Pope Francis failed a key moral test in his failure to identify and condemn Russia's war on Ukraine and China's Uyghur ...