Heads of state and royalty will start converging on Rome on Friday for the funeral of Pope Francis in the Vatican’s St. Peter ...

Although Pope Francis simplified the papal funeral rites in a move of typical modesty, Saturday’s ceremony will still be full ...

Hundreds of high-profile delegations are arriving in Rome today ahead of Pope Francis' funeral as thousands of Catholic ...

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Pope Francis’ funeral has been set for Saturday, April 26 at 10 a.m. CET (That's 4 a.m. Eastern, 3 a.m. Central, 2 a.m.

Sister Geneviève, Pope Francis' close friend, defied protocol to pray by his coffin. Why did the Vatican allow this ...

Associated Press reporter Nicole Winfield, who covered Pope Francis at the Vatican during his entire pontificate, earned the ...

It is a tremendous honor to be selected to lead this bipartisan delegation of United States Senators to Rome to attend the ...

Tens of thousands of mourners filed into St Peter's Basilica on Friday (April 25) on the last day to pay final respects to ...

The Vatican was making final preparations Friday for Pope Francis's funeral as the last of the huge crowds of mourners filed through St Peter's Basilica to view his open coffin.

Lying in state at St Peter’s Basilica, Francis’s body is low to the ground without any papal regalia next to his body. While popes are traditionally laid to rest in three nested coffins made ...