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

Militants of the Congolese rebel movement M23. (Photo by Al Jazeera English / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED) The M23 rebel group, which seized control of large parts of North and South ...

Typically, popes are laid to rest beneath St. Peter's Basilica. On Saturday, Francis became the first Catholic leader in over ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88 after a 12-year papacy. The death of the pontiff has set off mourning across the Catholic world and days of ritual at the Vatican.

In today’s newsletter, the ritualistic sights and scenes at Pope Francis’s funeral. Plus: I watched the funeral for Pope ...

According to Vatican estimates, some 250,000 people flocked to the funeral Mass at the Vatican and 150,000 more lined the ...

Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered, because it ...

Pope Francis is breaking with tradition when it comes to where he will be laid to rest – choosing a light-filled basilica ...

A rare exhibit of the Holy Tunic of Christ — believed to be the garment worn by Jesus during his passion — is drawing ...

The funeral of Pope Francis, which will be held on Saturday, April 26 at 10 AM in the Vatican, as decided by the first ...

Following the death of Pope Francis on 21 April, large crowds are expected in Rome and the Vatican City over the coming days, ...

The Tunic of Argenteuil, said to have been worn by Christ, is on display at the Saint-Denis Basilica until May 11. In an interview, historian Nicolas Guyard traces the origins of this relic and ...