This evening, the streets around the Vatican were very busy, and St Peter's Square was bustling. Up to 250,000 are expected ...

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 ...

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

Conclave shows how a group of nuns serve the cardinals while they decide on the next pope. In reality, the depiction is ...

Some homes date to the 1600s; others are far more recent. Ancient trees, modern conservation techniques, and acres of flowers ...

The new Pope is elected by the Catholic church's most senior priests, called Cardinals. Technically, anyone who is a man and ...

POPE Francis’s emotional final words before he died on Monday morning have been revealed by The Vatican. The ailing pontiff, ...

Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century church in Rome dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

Pope Francis’ funeral will not follow traditional protocols, marking a break from the past as the world mourns the loss of ...

In the papal conclave to elect a new pope, here's a look at what the color of smoke (black or white) means after each vote.

Pope Francis, who died of a stroke on April 21, came to the United States in 2015, where he visited the White House, spent ...