So many people lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state at St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all ...

Atlanta Catholics are recalling the late pope's legacy of mercy and care for creation, as well as his skill in encountering ...

Thousands flooded through the walls of Vatican City as a procession of cardinals and pallbearers took the body of the late ...

A change in popes is a complicated process. Here are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of news in the coming days.

Vatican authorities kept St. Peter's Basilica open all night as an estimated 50,000 people lined around St. Peter's Square ...

Losing Francis was “as if you’re losing your grandfather, your very wise grandfather,” one mourner told NBC News.

St. Peter's Basilica closed its doors just briefly in the early hours and then opened again to welcome crowds of worshippers ...

St. Peter's Basilica reopened its doors on Thursday, after a brief pause in the early hours of the day, to welcome thousands ...

The Vatican opted to extend the visiting hours at St. Peter's Basilica on the evening of Wednesday, April 23, as thousands of ...

As the night fell on Rome, a long line of mourners — children, nuns, tourists and others — still waited outside the ...

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the ...