Under norms approved by Pope Francis last year, the funeral and burial must occur between Friday and Sunday and his final ...

Cardinals have decided that the public viewing of Pope Francis will begin Wednesday in St. Peter’s Basilica, after his casket ...

Pope Francis sits by the coffin of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square during a funeral mass at the Vatican ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — People have gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican to mourn Pope Francis, the first Latin American ...

Pope Francis himself helped rewrite the funeral rituals after the death of his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI.

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

Some New Jersey residents who made the trip to the Vatican to get a glimpse of Pope Francis on Easter Sunday are now ...

Catholics celebrated the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Saturday, marking what Pope ...

Whether you’re Catholic or not, it’s hard to argue with the fact that St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome is an amazing feat of ...

(Photo by Johann Jaritz / CC BY-SA 3.0 AT) On April 6, visitors at St. Peter’s witnessed the rare display ... In Rome, the Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem was built on the grounds ...

In time for Easter, here's a look at some of the incredible artistic tributes to the Christian narrative that can be found ...