Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. The Vatican said Francis suffered a stroke which led to a coma and his heart to fail, as ...

The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a successor, the piercing ...

Particularly in Seville, hooded penitents walk alongside massive floats bearing statues of Jesus and the Virgin ... the blessing of food baskets. In the predominantly Catholic Philippines, Easter ...

A statue of the Virgin Mary was filmed weeping two days before ... But he had recovered enough to give a traditional Easter Sunday blessing from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica after meeting ...

Bells tolled in Catholic churches from his native Argentina to the Philippines and across Rome ... is home to Francis’ favorite icon of the Virgin Mary, to whom Francis was particularly devoted.

Francis has chosen to be buried in St. Mary Major Basilica, where his favorite icon of the Virgin Mary ... Cardinal Luis Tagle of the Philippines, 67, brought by Francis to head the Vatican ...

In the Philippines ... of Saint Mary Major in Rome before and after each apostolic visit. In his spiritual testament, he has specified the exact spot he wishes to be buried in the same basilica. He ...

He last appeared in public on Sunday with an Easter blessing and popemobile ... underground tomb at St. Mary Major Basilica, home to Francis' favorite icon of the Virgin Mary, to whom he was ...

Francis performed the blessing, with a weak voice but without ... with the basilica where he would visit to honor the Virgin Mary. The last pope not to be buried at St. Peter’s Basilica was ...