The Vatican said more than 90,000 people had bid farewell to the pontiff by Thursday evening at the basilica, which will stay ...

His memorial service is set for Saturday morning at 10 a.m. local time (4 a.m. ET) and his body will be buried at Rome's ...

From patrols on the River Tiber to surveillance drones and snipers deployed around St. Peter's Square, Rome is preparing to ...

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

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88 after suffering a stroke, setting off mourning in the Catholic world and ...

Thousands of people lined up to pray at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome on Thursday, the location where Pope Francis ...

There’s still time to pay respects to Pope Francis in person. Here’s what last-minute travelers should know before and after ...

Maria Pia Caruso travelled to Rome from her hometown in northern Italy after she learned Pope Francis had died at age 88, to ...

Thousands continue to pay tribute to Pope Francis as he lies in state in St. Peter's Basilica. "CBS Evening News" co-anchor ...

With St. Peter’s, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, it is one of four basilicas in Rome granted special status by ...

Alongside the gossip and the gallows humor, the ancient and solemn rituals continue,” Chiara Barzini writes from Italy.

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