So many people lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state at St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all ...

More than 60,000 people have visited St Peter’s Basilica to bid farewell to Pope Francis. The queue started again at 6 am on ...

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

Mourners are queuing in their thousands for hours to pay their respects to Pope Francis on the second day of public tributes ...

Photos show powerful moments from the late pope's funeral proceedings. After Pope Francis' death was announced on Easter ...

Cardinals could pick a progressive pope ready to build off the changes Francis brought to the church or a conservative who ...

Mourners paying their final respects to Pope Francis have shared that they witnessed a large number of visitors posing of ...

Pope Francis introduced changes to the papal funeral rites in 2024 which were aimed at simplifying the ceremonies.

The Vatican kept the doors open all night due to higher-than-expected turnout from mourners across the globe, closing the basilica for just an hour ...

From patrols on the River Tiber to surveillance drones and snipers deployed around St. Peter's Square, Rome is preparing to throw a thoroughly modern security shield around the ancient rituals of a ...

On the night of his election on March 13, 2013, Pope Francis told the assembled faithful from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica that “tomorrow I wish to go and pray to the Madonna.” And so he did, ...