The last numbers released by the Vatican said more than 50,000 people had paid their last respects in the first 12 hours of ...

Losing Francis was “as if you’re losing your grandfather, your very wise grandfather,” one mourner told NBC News.

Alongside the gossip and the gallows humor, the ancient and solemn rituals continue,” Chiara Barzini writes from Italy.

A cardinal who was sentenced to five and a half years in prison after being convicted of embezzlement said Tuesday he intends ...

Bells rang out as the Pope's coffin was carried across St Peter's Square to lie in state ahead of the funeral on Saturday.

Survivors of church sexual abuse acknowledge Francis took important steps, but say his successor must do more to tackle ...

The body of Pope Francis is lying in state in St. Peter’s Basilica, where it will remain for three days until his funeral ...

The resurrection of Jesus is indeed the basis of our hope. For in the light of this event, hope is no longer an illusion. Thanks to Christ — crucified and risen from the dead — hope does not ...

Thousands of people are filing through the central aisle of St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis ...

Throngs of Catholics made their way slowly to the 16th century basilica's main altar, where Francis' open wooden casket was ...