In changes made by Pope Francis last year, his body was not placed in three wooden coffins, as it had been for previous popes ...

Pope Francis' final will states that he will be buried at St. Mary Major basilica, outside the Vatican and home to his ...

After the death of Pope Francis, the Vatican carried out a centuries-old tradition by sealing his residences as part of the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Cardinals gathered Tuesday at the Vatican to begin scheduling Pope Francis’ funeral and burial, planning ...

Images captured on Monday showed Pope Francis lying in the chapel of the Domus Santa Marta hotel, flanked by Swiss Guards.

Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. History’s first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with his humble style and ...

From the Vacant See to the day of Habemus Papam. The cardinal protodeacon, the most senior by appointment, will announce the ...

Francis signaled a very different tone for the papacy, stressing humility over hubris for a Catholic Church beset by scandal ...