Although Pope Francis simplified the papal funeral rites in a move of typical modesty, Saturday’s ceremony will still be full of pomp and pageantry, as the world’s Catholics bid him farewell and ...

Why people are queueing for hours for a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ glimpse of Pope’s body - A teen who waited in line for five ...

Thousands of believers waited in line on Thursday outside St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican to pay their last respects to ...

Pope Francis, the 266th head of the Roman Catholic Church, died on April 21 at the age of 88.

The papal funeral is scheduled for the early hours of April 26. It will be a more modest event than others, for a modest man.

Pope Francis died at age 88 on Monday, April 21. His funeral is on Saturday morning in Vatican City. Here's how to watch at home.

Losing Francis was “as if you’re losing your grandfather, your very wise grandfather,” one mourner told NBC News.

Pope Francis was thankful that he was able to greet throngs of people in St. Peter’s Square on Easter, a day before he died, though he ...

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 ...

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

Francis did away with that sort of viewing. Instead, a procession brought his coffin on Wednesday directly to St. Peter’s ...