Pope Francis, who died on Monday at the age of 88, was the first Latin American and Jesuit pontiff. He was also the first to choose the name Francis, dedicating his life to working with the poor and ...

The cardinals set the funeral for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, to be celebrated by the dean of the College of ...

The papal funeral is scheduled for Saturday, April 26. It will be a more modest event than others, for a modest man.

Public viewings of Pope Francis’s body will begin this week at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City ahead of the Catholic ...

Inter’s home clash against Roma has been officially postponed to Sunday, April 27, due to the national mourning announced for ...

U.S. flags typically fly at half-staff in the wake of national tragedies or after deaths of government officials, military ...

Roman Catholic cardinals gathered Tuesday in Vatican City to prepare for the Saturday funeral of Pope Francis.

Pope Francis died Monday; here are the front runners for the Vatican leadership, and what they've said about Jews, Israel and ...

Navarrosa, who is currently writing his thesis on the pope’s 2016 encyclical 'Amoris Laetitia,' recalls meeting Francis in ...

Tens of thousands of people are expected at the funeral, including Catholic mourners, cardinals and world leaders.

Prince William will travel to Vatican City over the weekend to represent the British royal family at the funeral of Pope Francis.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humility and concern for ...