Roman Catholic cardinals gathered Tuesday in Vatican City to prepare for the Saturday funeral of Pope Francis.

Oscar Crespo was watching TV in his native Buenos Aires when he saw the white smoke appearing above the Sistine Chapel at the ...

Navarrosa, who is currently writing his thesis on the pope’s 2016 encyclical 'Amoris Laetitia,' recalls meeting Francis in ...

The death of Pope Francis has impacted travel plans for many members of the religious community who were scheduled to visit ...

Lashed by an off-season typhoon, Pope Francis stepped out on a rain-soaked makeshift stage in front of hundreds of thousands ...

A new pope does not swoop in and openly set about undoing the legacy of another. But a lot can change as far as style, ...

Cardinals are meeting at the Vatican to make the first decisions about running the Catholic Church following the death of ...

Although Pope Francis simplified the papal funeral rites in a move of typical modesty, Saturday’s ceremony will still be full ...

Pope Francis will be the first pope in hundreds of years to be buried in Rome’s Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore. The pontiff ...

Tens of thousands of people are expected at the funeral, including Catholic mourners, cardinals and world leaders.

According to the Vatican News, some of Francis' final words were to his nurse Massimiliano Strappetti, saying, "Thank you for ...

Pope Francis expressed heartfelt words to his personal health care assistant before his death in the early morning hours of ...