The funeral for Pope Francis will be held on Saturday, the Vatican said. Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for humility and outreach efforts to people of disparate ...

A moment of history is unfolding in the Vatican City as an estimated 1.4 billion Catholics are preparing to bid farewell to Pope Francis during his final journey today. The 60 Best Sci-Fi Movies ...

A French nun who traveled to say goodbye to Pope Francis in the Vatican this week was allowed to break church protocol. The 81-year-old Sister Genevieve Jeanningros had a close, four-decade-long ...

From 11 am on Wednesday, hundreds of thousands of faithful Catholics will be able to bid farewell to Pope Francis in St Peter's Basilica, where the pontiff's body will be on display until Friday.

Pope Francis travelled across continents, visiting 68 countries, including war zones, during his 12-year papacy, but he never returned to his homeland, Argentina. The country was close to his ...

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, marked many firsts when he was elected as the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first Latin American pope, first Jesuit pope and ...

On Tuesday, just a day after the death of Pope Francis, French President Emmanuel Macron said he will be cancelling his trip to Mauritius to attend the pontiff's funeral in the Vatican on Saturday.

When the Roman Catholic College of Cardinals convenes in Vatican City's Sistine Chapel in May to choose a successor to Pope Francis, who died April 21 at age 88, a Michigan native will be taking part.

Pope Francis’s devoted faithful will likely soon be hollering for the late, humble, huddled-masses-loving pontiff to be fast-tracked to sainthood, experts said Tuesday. But his fans should ...

About six months after he was elected head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis made a surprising admission. A Jesuit priest was interviewing Francis when he departed from a pre-approved list of ...

Pope Francis, the first Jesuit and non-European pontiff in over 1,200 years, passed away on Easter Monday at the age of 88. His papacy, which began in 2013, was defined by his focus on mercy ...