Vatican City is the smallest sovereign state in the world. But within its boundaries can be found a staggering collection of ...

Hong Kong’s outspoken Roman Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen has been allowed to leave the southern Chinese city to attend Pope ...

A conclave to choose a new pope normally takes place 15 to 20 days after the death of a pontiff, meaning this conclave should ...

President Trump’s presence at the Vatican funeral marks a rare moment of reverence amid a complex relationship with the late ...

The body of Pope Francis has been transferred into the Basilica at St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City, Vatican on Wednesday, ...

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

Numerous leaders will travel to Vatican City, the papal enclave surrounded by Rome, Italy, for the funeral services of Pope ...

As faithful mourn Pope Francis, Vatican police carry unique anti-drone gun VATICAN CITY – Security is tight in Vatican City ...

Peruvian nun Alba Socola waited in line for almost five hours with thousands of other Catholics on Wednesday to enter St. Peter’s Basilica and give her final farewell to the late Pope Francis. She ...

The public mourning period presents a major security challenge: how to accommodate all the people who want to see the pope - ...

Various factors are at play when it comes to the decision of a burial place for a pope. Pope Francis has chosen the Basilica ...

Throngs of Catholics made their way slowly to the 16th century basilica's main altar, where Francis' open wooden casket was ...