How Pope Francis was buried in underground tombNIGERIAN Cardinal Peter Okpaleke, the Catholic Bishop of Ekwulobia in Anambra State, is among 17 African cardinals set to elect Pope Francis’s successor ...

World leaders and Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for the "most peripheral of the peripheries" and reflected his wishes as ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. His death set off mourning across the Catholic world and days of ritual ...

In a powerful and symbolic farewell, Pope Francis’s funeral introduced a historic change to long-standing papal rites. For ...

A litany of saints was sung out during the funeral Mass for Pope Francis, a meditative chant that is part of the traditional rites.

A litany of saints was sung out during the funeral Mass for Pope Francis, a meditative chant that is part of the traditional rites.

Though presidents and princes attended the Mass in St. Peter's Square, prisoners and migrants will welcome him into the basilica across town where he will be laid to rest.

The body of Pope Francis is carried into St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will lie in state for three days.