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

Talks are taking place for Northern Ireland's first minister to be invited to the Pope's funeral in Rome on Saturday.

Cardinals from around the world are converging on Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis and upcoming meetings that will determine the next leader of the Catholic Church. A three-day public viewing is ...

Thousands of faithful from around the world have arrived in Vatican City to pay their respects to the late Pope Francis. Due ...

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 ...

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

Pope Francis' funeral will take place at 6 a.m. ET on Saturday, April 26. Here's how to watch the service from home.

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.

The Vatican kept St Peter’s Basilica open all night so that the thousands of mourners who have flocked to the city are able ...

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 ...

The public viewing of Pope Francis' casket is scheduled to resume Thursday, a day after it began with numbers that were so ...

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