Thousands of people began filing through St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis on Wednesday at the ...

One of the UK’s highest-ranking catholic leaders has described as “deeply emotional” the days since the death of Pope Francis ...

Thousands flooded through the walls of Vatican City as a procession of cardinals and pallbearers took the body of the late ...

The basilica was bathed in a hushed silence as mourners from across the globe made a slow, shuffling procession up the main ...

More than 60,000 people have visited St Peter’s Basilica to bid farewell to Pope Francis. The queue started again at 6 am on ...

From patrols on the River Tiber to surveillance drones and snipers deployed around St. Peter's Square, Rome is preparing to ...

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

Vatican authorities kept St. Peter's Basilica open all night as an estimated 50,000 people lined around St. Peter's Square ...

Although Pope Francis simplified the papal funeral rites in a move of typical modesty, Saturday’s ceremony will still be full of pomp and pageantry, as the world’s Catholics bid him farewell and ...

The Vatican kept St. Peter's Basilica open for hours after its scheduled closing time, allowing thousands of mourners to pay their respects to the late Pope Francis. CBS News contributor Delia ...

Pope Francis, the 266th head of the Roman Catholic Church, died on April 21 at the age of 88.

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