announced the pope's death from the Casa Santa Marta with these words, according to Vatican News: "Dearest brothers and ...

Hundreds of thousands filled St. Peter’s Square and lined the streets of Vatican City to bid a solemn farewell to a widely ...

Still, it was an exciting moment for the Americans who were at the Vatican that day. Mariner says he and his wife were in a ...

The funeral service for Pope Francis is taking place Saturday morning at the Vatican, after which the late leader of the Catholic Church will be buried in Rome. While the ceremony will follow many ...

Who will be the next pope? 133 cardinals have started the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope ...

Pope Leo XIV visited a shrine to the Virgin Mary in the small Italian town of Genazzano. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

Typically, popes are laid to rest beneath St. Peter's Basilica. On Saturday, Francis became the first Catholic leader in over 120 years to be buried outside the holy city, according to Vatican News.

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...

The Vatican released photos of the tomb of Pope Francis, who was buried on Saturday in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. The release came Sunday morning, as the tomb opened for public viewing.

Long Islanders were among those who packed St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City when Pope Leo was elected the first American ...

All 133 cardinals eligible to elect Pope Francis’s successor have arrived in Rome for the conclave. They will take their ...

who oversees the pope's affairs, in a statement on Vatican News. "At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father." Where will Pope Francis be buried?