The College of Cardinals gathered on Tuesday in the Vatican for the final meeting before the conclave to elect a new pope ...

The two are passing through Rome on vacation and will continue to southern Italy. But they are practicing Catholics and were ...

Tributes and shows of affection towards Francis are taking place during these days of 'sede vacante', while the city is ...

Tens of thousands of travellers have descended on the city for the funeral of Pope Francis and the election of a new pontiff.

Pope Francis' possible successor, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, held special Mass in St. Peter's Square. Francis' tomb opened to ...

Cardinals, royals and heads of state attended. But many mourners, some of whom slept on the streets overnight, said they came ...

World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful have said farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral that highlighted his ...

According to Vatican estimates, some 250,000 people flocked to the funeral Mass at the Vatican and 150,000 more lined the ...

Outside St. Peter’s Basilica, thousands of people lined up for hours, some waiting in the cold twilight of Thursday morning ...

Thousands of people have begun filing through St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis at the start ...

So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s Basilica that the ...