Francis choreographed the funeral himself when he revised and simplified the Vatican’s rites and rituals last year.

The Pope, famous—perhaps foremost—for his insistence on simplicity and aversion to clerical glitz, wanted to be buried not at ...

"It was a powerful shared moment of prayer," one Long Island pastor said of the funeral Mass Saturday in St. Peter's Square.

Watch the key moments from Pope Francis’ funeral Mass in Vatican City following his death at the age of 88. His coffin was ...

More than 250,000 people paid their respects to the pontiff at his funeral in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said ...

Cardinals, royals and heads of state attended. But many mourners, some of whom slept on the streets overnight, said they came ...

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