Pope Francis understood the power of a simple touch. Some of the most iconic moments of his papacy were those when he ...

In a break from tradition and by his prior request, the pope will be laid to rest in Rome's St. Mary Major Basilica instead of in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica, where many of pope's predecessors ...

While many popes are buried under St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, Pope Francis will not continue that trend. In December, Pope Francis said he wanted to be buried in the Rome basilica of St. Mary ...

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