Cardinals are continuing their meetings this week to plan the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor and make other ...

Pope Francis’ funeral has been set for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, and a viewing of his body will begin on ...

Despite the papal tradition of a St. Peter’s Basilica burial, it’s expected that Pope Francis will be laid to rest elsewhere, ...

As the bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled farewell to Pope Francis, a new chapter in Catholic history quietly unfolded: for ...

Francis first lay in state in the Santa Marta Domus in a private viewing for Vatican ... just placed on the main altar of the 16th-century basilica, simply facing the pews. Italian police have ...

Pallbearers lower the body of Pope Francis, dressed in red liturgical vestments and lying in an open casket, before the Altar ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who is running the Vatican administration until Francis' successor is elected, presided over the ceremony in the chapel of the Domus Santa Marta hotel where Francis lived.

Francis died Monday morning at the Domus Santa Marta hotel where he lived at the Vatican. His death came almost a month after ...