Pope Francis' 12-year papacy was dedicated to highlighting equality in the Catholic Church and informing on the state of ...

Kielce Gussie, a U.S. journalist who works for Vatican News, gave the first reading at the funeral of Pope Francis.

Before his death on April 21, 2025, Pope Francis made a lengthy statement beginning with, "The walls of hospitals have heard ...

The bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled to mark the end of the funeral Mass in Vatican City, where mourners joined in a ...

Priests and other celebrants distribute the Holy Communion – the bread and wine, representing the body and blood of Christ – ...

Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, will be mourned and buried at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major ...

Mourners will bid a final farewell to Pope Francis on Saturday during his funeral Mass, which is expected to draw ...

The funeral for Pope Francis was intended to be a stripped-down affair to honor the simplicity of the man. Instead, the ...

The funeral to bid farewell to Pope Francis is underway in the Vatican. Tens of thousands gathered outside St. Peter’s ...

Funerals can be contentious events, and Pope Francis’ funeral Saturday — which dozens of (often combative) world leaders will ...

Among the estimated 200,000 people at the service are presidents Trump and Zelensky, who met briefly before the funeral began ...