The basilica will be kept open until at least midnight on Thursday to allow the faithful to mourn. Francis' funeral will be ...

Since then, tens of thousands of faithful have lined multiple blocks to pay their final respects to Francis, dressed in red ...

After 12 years as the spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis died early this morning at the age of 88.

Given the late Pope Francis' care and concern for the poor, a representative group of them has been formally invited to ...

The Vatican said almost 150,000 people from all over the world had bid farewell to Francis as of midday on Friday (1000 GMT).

Heads of state and royalty will begin converging on Rome for Pope Francis’ funeral in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square, but the group of poor people who will meet his casket in a small crosstown basil ...