Staff and wire report The Vatican announced Monday that Pope Francis, the supreme pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, died. He was 88. The Vatican reports he died after suffering a stroke and heart ...

Peruvian nun Alba Socola waited in line for almost five hours with thousands of other Catholics on Wednesday to enter St. Peter’s Basilica and give her final farewell to the ...

Pope Francis introduced changes to the papal funeral rites in 2024 which were aimed at simplifying the ceremonies.

The Vatican kept the doors open all night due to higher-than-expected turnout from mourners across the globe, closing the basilica for just an hour ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Archbishop of Cincinnati Robert G. Casey will hold four memorial masses for Pope Francis during the 30 days of mourning. Only one is in Greater Cincinnati, and it’s nearly a month ...

The Archbishop of Westminster said he is "deeply emotional" to have joined the transfer of Pope Francis's coffin from his ...

Photos show powerful moments from the late pope's funeral proceedings. After Pope Francis' death was announced on Easter ...

So many people lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state at St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all ...

There’s still time to pay respects to Pope Francis in person. Here’s what last-minute travelers should know before and after ...

On the night of his election on March 13, 2013, Pope Francis told the assembled faithful from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica that “tomorrow I wish to go and pray to the Madonna.” And so he did, ...

Mourners paying their final respects to Pope Francis have shared that they witnessed a large number of visitors posing of ...

Pope Francis represented humility and hope, faithful told reporters as they paid heir respects at his lying in state in St Peter's Thursday. Flags from Portugal, Cuba, Argentina, were among the many ...