Here are the key things to know about the funeral of the first Latin American pontiff in the church’s history.

The last pope buried outside the Vatican was Leo XIII in 1903. Francis’s will stipulated a simple burial "in the earth, without particular decoration", marked only with his papal name in Latin: ...

Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas, coadjutor archpriest of Rome's Basilica of St. Mary Major, discussed the pope's decision to be ...

World leaders, cardinals and at least 200,000 of the faithful are expected to gather in the Vatican on Saturday morning to ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is being laid to rest Saturday in a ceremony reflecting his priorities as pope and wishes as ...

The funeral of Pope Francis today is expected to be simpler than those of other popes before him, going by the instructions ...

The College of Cardinals decided Pope Francis’s funeral would be celebrated April 26 in St. Peter’s Square. In his final testament, Pope Francis asked to be buried at St. Mary Major where he ...

The Santa Maria Maggiore basilica, which Pope Francis chose as his final resting place, is a fifth-century church located in ...

Each year on Aug. 5 the church liturgical calendar commemorates the dedication of St. Mary Major (in Italian, Santa Maria Maggiore), one of the five great ancient basilicas in Rome, and the place Pope ...

Preparations are underway at EWTN Global Catholic Network in Irondale to ensure viewers in 160 countries and territories will be able to watch the funeral mass of ...

As Pope Francis is laid to rest in St. Peter's Square, millions of Catholics and non-Catholics alike are expected to tune in to watch the celebration of his life on Saturday. The 88-year-old pope died ...

As Pope Francis' death affects Catholics in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis as well as members of various faith ...