Pope Francis, who died Monday at 88 years old, is due to be laid to rest in the days ahead following a Saturday funeral service sure to draw leaders from around the world. The death of the head of ...

Pope Francis passed away at the age of 88 on Monday, April 21, after a final appearance at St. Peter's Square following Easter Mass. His funeral will take place at 6 a.m. ET on Saturday ...

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' first official trip, soon after he took the helm of the Catholic Church in 2013, set the tone for what was to come. He chose to visit the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa ...

Pope Francis’ final days weren’t wasted. They were a homily without words — on how to die with Jesus, love like Jesus, and suffer in union with him. Pope Francis appears at the Gemelli ...

I. SPARE GM WILL HAVE NINE DAYS OF MOURNING. WILL FOLLOW POPE FRANCIS’S FUNERAL SATURDAY. DURING THAT TIME, THE CARDINALS WILL MEET TO DISCUSS THE ISSUES FACING THE CHURCH. THEN THE OFFICIAL ...

Our live coverage on the death of Pope Francis has concluded for the day. Please scroll through the posts below for the latest developments. A pope is normally chosen through a series of closed ...

Pope Francis died at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. When Jorge Mario Bergoglio became pope in 2013, he chose a name no pontiff had ever taken: Francis. It was inspired by St ...

Sir Keir Starmer said the “outpouring of grief” following Francis’s death reflects the “high esteem” in which the Pope was held “not just by millions and millions of Catholics ...

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 ...

Pope Francis did not fear death, but instead welcomed the 'new beginning' of eternal life with God, he revealed in an essay written just two months ago. Francis, who died yesterday aged 88 ...

Sir Keir Starmer is among the world leaders who will attend the funeral of Pope Francis (PA) The Prince of Wales and Prime Minister will be among world leaders and dignitaries to attend the ...