Pope Francis is breaking with tradition when it comes to where he will be laid to rest – choosing a light-filled basilica ...

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

In Jerusalem, mourners gathered at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher to remember Pope Francis, who championed peace across the Middle East. Local clergy say he called Gaza’s only Catholic parish daily, ...

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

According to the New Testament, Jesus was buried in a new tomb out of rock. (Matthew 27:60, Mark 15:46; Luke 23:53) in a garden near the crucifixion site (John 19:41), just outside the city (John ...

Francis repeatedly denounced the war in Gaza and regularly phoned a small Christian congregation in besieged territory ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, passed away on April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 following complications from ...

On Saturday, thousands of local and international Christian worshippers seeking to enter Jerusalem's Old City for the Easter ...

Pope Francis, a reformer who rattled the Catholic Church's conservatives and inspired some progressives, has died.

Pope Francis, who rose from janitor to the Catholic Church’s most powerful leader by proving equally at ease with ...

Amid international indifference to the continuing genocide, the pope used his last address to call for a ceasefire.