The funeral is expected to draw tens of thousands of Catholic faithful, as well as world leaders including President Trump.

"At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father," the Vatican announced on Monday.

Pope Francis' funeral will take place on April 26 in St. Peter’s Square following his death at age 88, with Cardinal Giovanni ...

Cardinals this morning held their first of what will be many daily meetings, cloistered away from the Vatican crowds as they ...

Travellers to Rome should expect closures, visitor restrictions and crowds at some of the city’s main attractions. View on ...

The cardinals met Tuesday in the Vatican's synod hall to chart the next steps before a conclave begins to choose Francis' ...

Pope Francis died of a stroke on Monday at the Vatican aged 88. His funeral is to be held later this week in the presence of ...

As tradition dictates, the late pontiff’s signet ring will be destroyed — or defaced, at least — within the walls of the ...

The process through which a new pope is chosen is known as a conclave, a term after which Robert Harris' 2016 book-turned-movie is named.

Cardinals are meeting at the Vatican to make the first decisions about running the Catholic Church following the death of ...

But here’s the thing: timing is not causality. The idea that papal deaths somehow signal or foreshadow world wars is ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Cardinals gathered Tuesday at the Vatican to begin scheduling Pope Francis’ funeral and burial, planning ...