Pope Francis will be buried April 26 in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, where he often prayed before and after official ...

Pope Francis, the first pontiff from Latin America, died on Monday at the age of 88. In his will, Francis requested to be ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humility and concern for ...

A change in popes is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the transition in leadership for both the ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, died at 88 from a stroke. His simplified funeral includes a public display at ...

Pope Francis decreed he would be buried in a simple underground tomb — with only “Franciscus” written on it — at St. Mary Major Basilica. View on euronews ...

The Santa Maria Maggiore basilica, which Pope Francis chose as his final resting place, is a fifth-century church located in ...

After the death of the pope, the director of the Vatican’s health services — currently Dr. Andrea Arcangeli — examines the ...

Pope Francis understood the power of a simple touch. Some of the most iconic moments of his papacy were those when he ...

In September 1964, Pope Paul VI, in a gesture of goodwill toward the Greek Orthodox Church, returned Saint Andrew’s skull ... In Rome, the Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem was built ...