Pope Francis’s wooden coffin, in which the Argentinian pontiff lies wearing a red chasuble, white mitre and black shoes, was sealed in a private ceremony on Friday ahead of Saturday's funeral.

Around 40 people — homeless, prisoners, migrants and transgender people — will salute the pope holding a white rose, just ...

The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to choose the new pope. Here's what happens next.

The earthly remains of most of history’s 266 popes (plus some European royals) are buried in Rome—in dozens of crypts, ...

Photographer Federica Valabrega talked to the faithful who came to pay their respects to Pope Francis.

The man, Shawn Hopkins, 57, a sheriff’s deputy in Pontiac, was on a short vacation with his mother and his sister, Katrina, ...

Pope Francis' image seemed to be everywhere Friday as the world mournedhis death in Rome at the age of 88. Artists created ...

Black smoke streamed from the Sistine Chapel's chimney to signal that cardinals failed to select a new Pope in their first ...

Butts III, who died in 2022. After not being named a finalist, Marshall Turman sued the church and the search committee for gender discrimination in December 2023. No woman has ever been senior ...

Ever since Pope Francis died, I have been reflecting upon my time in Catholic school and the lessons I learned about service, community and hard work.