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 ...

Dozens of world leaders, at least 11 reigning monarchs and tens of thousands of mourners were on hand to give Pope Francis a ...

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

Even before Saturday's funeral service for Pope Francis at the Vatican, the late pontiff had already broken with some ...

The pope’s burial site, at his request, is the Basilica of St. Mary Major, one of the four papal basilicas in Rome. He joins ...

Pope Francis was laid to rest in a simple tomb at St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome, marking the end of his funeral on Saturday, April 26 ...

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 ...