The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to ...

Had enough of the crowds? Once you’ve seen Rome, consider a day trip to these lesser known but no less beautiful towns for ...

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

Had enough of the crowds? Once you’ve seen Rome, consider a day trip to these lesser known but no less beautiful towns for ...

In a 2024 meeting with Syro-Malabar Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil of Ernakulam-Angamaly, Pope Francis summed up his view ...

Michel de Nostredame — a French astrologist and soothsayer from the 16th century known as Nostradamus — is also said to have ...

Pope Francis to be buried in Saint Mary Major church, not Saint Peter's basilica, in a break with tradition and sign of humility.

Alongside the gossip and the gallows humor, the ancient and solemn rituals continue,” Chiara Barzini writes from Italy.

When he was elevated to the papacy in 2013, Pope Francis was widely expected to shake up the Catholic Church, to liberals’ delight and conservatives’ horror. Such ancient teachings as the Church’s ...

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

With St. Peter’s, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, it is one of four basilicas in Rome granted special status by ...

Discover the meaning behind conclave, Camerlengo and more terms used as the Catholic Church prepares for a new leader ...