Catholic faithful and admirers of Pope Francis flooded St Peter’s Square and the streets of Rome on Saturday in full force to ...

From some of the world’s most powerful leaders to those on society’s margins whom Pope Francis always made a point to ...

Pope Francis' funeral will take place on Saturday 26 April, the Vatican has confirmed in a statement. ICE provides details on ...

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

Pope Francis’ death the day after Easter Sunday made possible this striking, and perhaps historic, meeting in St. Peter’s ...

With Pope Francis laid to rest, all eyes turn now to the conclave, the secretive meeting of cardinals set to convene within ...

Catholic News Network Vatican Correspondent Colm Flynn says the funeral of Pope Francis has allowed the world to see the ...

Over three days this week, more than 250,000 people stood for hours in line to pay their final respects while Francis’ body lay in state in St. Peter’s Basilica.

Pope Francis, who passed away on April 21, was laid to rest after a funeral attended by world leaders and a diverse crowd of ...

The choice of the basilica was also symbolically significant given its ties to Francis’ Jesuit religious order. St. Ignatius Loyola, who founded the Jesuits, celebrated his first Mass in the basilica ...

"He was dear to all people, very down to earth. You’ve never seen any of that kind of person, so humbled," said James Dmello, ...

Three seminarians from the Diocese of Grand Rapids have spent the past months studying abroad in Rome. After Pope Francis ...