VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of young people from around the world had come to Rome expecting to rejoice this weekend in the ...

VATICAN CITY -- Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica a day after he was bade farewell by the powerful ...

It is rare for a pope to be buried outside the Vatican, and Francis is the first to do so since Pope Leo XIII in 1903.

Cardinals this week will start in-depth discussions on planning the conclave to choose Pope Francis' successor.

After Francis’ funeral Saturday, the cardinals who have flocked to Rome will meet regularly this week, sizing one another up ...

Twelve years on, I will remember Pope Francis’ pontificate for reminding us that mercy is the true face of love. Two years into his papacy, Francis announced the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, with ...

Crowds have begun to visit Pope Francis' tomb at the Santa Maria Maggiore basilica in Rome on April 27, a day after he was ...

A sea of mourners watched on, as the Vatican bid a final farewell to Pope Francis last night. The 88-year-old pontiff has now been laid to rest at Rome's Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. Hundreds of ...

As the world mourns Pope Francis, who was laid to rest amid an outpouring of grief, attention shifts to the conclave where ...

With the recent passing of Pope Francis, the world enters a moment not just of mourning, but of reckoning. The head of the ...