Pope Francis introduced changes to the papal funeral rites in 2024 which were aimed at simplifying the ceremonies.

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 ...

“There has been a shift of late regarding Pius XII,” historian William Doino told CNA. The wartime pontiff has often been ...

Thousands of people began filing through St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis on Wednesday at the ...

Survivors of church sexual abuse acknowledge Pope Francis took important steps, but say his successor must do more to tackle ...

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

Thousands of mourners have visited the Vatican to pay their respects to Pope Francis, who is lying in state, and some have ...

The list of names ranges from the most high-profile — Pope Francis and Vladimir Putin —to the more obscure such as Festus ...

Prince William will attend Pope Francis' funeral on behalf of the British royal family. Here's why King Charles III cannot go ...

A former Taiwan vice president will attend this weekend’s funeral of Pope Francis as the special envoy of President Lai Ching ...

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, who became the first cardinal to ever be prosecuted by the Vatican’s criminal court in ...