This is Latin for “having had mercy and choosing him” — a phrase that Francis chose as his motto when he was elevated to ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

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

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

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

Pope Francis expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century church dedicated to ...

Rome is a city famous for its wonderful buildings and its tapestry of emotions, and sometimes they combine. To be in Vatican ...

People stand next to a photograph of Pope Francis placed at Saint Anthony Catholic church in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, April ...

For six days in September, 2015, Pope Francis made a historic visit to the United States, visiting some of the country's ...

The Vatican on Monday evening hosted a praying of the Rosary in St. Peter’s Square following the death of Pope Francis ...

Pope Francis died Monday, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and ...

Pope Francis is dead at 88. His legacy includes an embrace of contemporary art, such as the first papal visit to the Venice Biennale.