The basilica was bathed in a hushed silence as mourners from across the globe made a slow, shuffling procession up the main ...

The last numbers released by the Vatican said more than 50,000 people had paid their last respects in the first 12 hours of ...

Losing Francis was “as if you’re losing your grandfather, your very wise grandfather,” one mourner told NBC News.

Alongside the gossip and the gallows humor, the ancient and solemn rituals continue,” Chiara Barzini writes from Italy.

A cardinal who was sentenced to five and a half years in prison after being convicted of embezzlement said Tuesday he intends ...

Bells rang out as the Pope's coffin was carried across St Peter's Square to lie in state ahead of the funeral on Saturday.

Survivors of church sexual abuse acknowledge Francis took important steps, but say his successor must do more to tackle ...

Tens of thousands of mourners filtered into St. Peter's Basilica in Rome on Wednesday to pay their final respects to Pope ...

The body of Pope Francis is lying in state in St. Peter’s Basilica, where it will remain for three days until his funeral ...

Timeline: How Pope Francis’ funeral and the Conclave to select his successor will work - The late pope will break from ...