Pope Francis will be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, making him the first pope in over a century to be laid ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

Pope Francis led the Catholic Church for 12 years. Now the Vatican is making arrangements for his papal funeral. Here's what ...

Pope Francis' upcoming funeral will be slightly different than past papal funerals after he chose to revise the rules and end ...

“Dear brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis,” said Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Vatican's camerlengo. “At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, ...

The death of Pope Francis officially came from the camerlengo, a position in the Catholic church held by a man with Dallas ...

While many popes are buried under St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, Pope Francis will not continue that trend. In December, Pope Francis said he wanted to be buried in the Rome basilica of St. Mary ...

Hundreds of thousands are expected to pay their respects to Pope Francis as he lies in state at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. In the past, the pope's body was placed on a raised platform ...

Pope Francis has died at 88, the Vatican confirmed in the early hours of Easter Monday. “At 7:35 a.m., he returned to the ...

Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, passed away early morning, the Vatican said in a video statement on ...

Here's a look at the process the Catholic church has established and what experts including the Rev. Robin Ryan of the ...

The Vatican has announced the death of Pope Francis, who died on Monday, a day after calling for world peace in his final ...