Pope Francis was laid to rest in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome on Saturday after a funeral mass at St. Peter's ...

OTTAWA - Canada's ambassador to the Holy See says the Vatican will be the capital of the world Saturday during the funeral of ...

The late pontiff's tomb has been placed at the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, situated at the highest point of the ...

The White House and Vatican have had a relationship stretching back to at least 1919, and includes Pope John Paul II and ...

Pope Francis is breaking with tradition when it comes to where he will be laid to rest – choosing a light-filled basilica ...

The Vatican, headquarters of the Catholic Church, is the smallest state in the world, with its own newspaper, national anthem ...

Tens of thousands of mourners converged on the Vatican on Friday for a last chance to pay their respects to the late Pope ...

Although Pope Francis simplified the papal funeral rites in a move of typical modesty, Saturday’s ceremony will still be full ...

On Sunday, April 6, Pope Francis appeared in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican to the surprise of the more than 20,000 faithful who were following the Sunday Mass in the capital of Catholicism.

ROME — Beyond the Vatican, the streets of the Italian capital hummed with the usual activity of a sunny day at the tail end of a long holiday weekend. For some of the tourists who converged on ...

Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. The Vatican said the cause of death was a stroke that put him into a coma and led to ...

Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. History’s first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with his humble style and ...