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

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 ...

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 ...

The head of the basilica that is housing Pope Francis's tomb says it reflects his "humble, simple and essential" life.

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 ...

ROME — Pope Francis will be the first pontiff in more than a century to be buried outside the Vatican Grottoes. After his ...

In theology class, we are all taught that humanity as a whole is made ‘in the image and likeness of God’ as referenced in Genesis 1:26. Yet, women cannot be ordained in the Catholic Church, despite ...