The death of Pope Francis brings to an end a Papacy that made history in many ways. Francis was the first South American pope ...

His body will go into a zinc-lined, wooden coffin instead of the triplicate coffins of the past (cypress, lead and oak). It will bypass the private viewing for church officials in the Apostolic Palace ...

When created a cardinal In 2001, he asked Catholics not to come to Rome to celebrate but rather to donate to the poor ...