A timelapse video shows crowds gathering at Vatican City's St. Peter's Square hours before Pope Francis' funeral Mass on ...

The Vatican estimated some 200,000 people had gathered at the start of the service. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

The next Pope will inherit not only Pope Francis ’s bold and controversial legacy of institutional reform, but also the ...

Italian and Vatican authorities have placed the area around St Peter’s under tight security ahead of the funeral. Read more ...

Associated Press reporter Nicole Winfield, who covered Pope Francis at the Vatican during his entire pontificate, earned the ...

Chambon estimates that there are about 200 cardinals in the world at present, but only those aged 80 or younger will be ...

Some of the pilgrims and onlookers in Rome paying homage to Bergoglio's coffin are from Asia, from Mumbai and Seoul to Hanoi ...

At this time, people from all over can visit Pope Francis' remains and attend the funeral mass in his honor. According to the ...

Pope Francis' funeral will be held on Saturday (April 26) in St Peter's Square, Roman Catholic cardinals decided on Tuesday, ...

Catholic Church cardinals are preparing to meet to plan Pope Francis’ funeral. The Vatican has confirmed the 88-year-old, ...

Pope Francis confirmed in his final testament - released by the Vatican just now - that he wished to be buried in Rome's ...

Behind closed doors, lobbying has been under way among small groups of like-minded cardinals for several years, with protagonists occasionally bringing in a couple of “outsiders’’ (often newly ...