Francis' coffin reached St. Mary Major Basilica, his chosen burial place, following Mass in the morning at St. Peter's Square ...

Pope Francis has been laid to rest in Rome following solemn, hours-long funeral rites at St Peter’s Square in the Vatican, bringing to a close his sometimes turbulent 12-year leadership of the world’s ...

Pope Francis died this morning at the age of 88, following a stroke and a heart failure, the Vatican said. Correction: An earlier version of this post misstated how many of the world’s Catholics live ...

A touching farewell was offered to the late Pope Francis by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Saturday. His words come as the pontiff was carried in his casket from St. Peter’s Basilica to the public ...

Pope Francis, who recently survived a bout of double pneumonia, has died aged 88, 12 years after he was elected during the ...

The body of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will lie in state for the next three days, allowing the faithful to pay their respects ...