Rome — Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered, ...

Pope Francis asked to be buried in St. Mary Major, close to the most important icon of Mary, the Salus Populi Romani.

The man, Shawn Hopkins, 57, a sheriff’s deputy in Pontiac, was on a short vacation with his mother and his sister, Katrina, ...

ST. LOUIS — Two senators who represent the Bi-State will attend the funeral of Pope Francis in Rome this weekend. Senators ...

The funeral for Pope Francis will be held Saturday in Rome and is expected to be much simpler than those of previous pontiffs ...

Black smoke streamed from the Sistine Chapel's chimney to signal that cardinals failed to select a new Pope in their first ...

A group of University of Dallas students studying at the school’s campus in Rome will rise early Saturday to attend the funeral for Pope Francis.

In the streets around the Vatican, where Pope Francis used to make impromptu outings, some of the shopkeepers are mourning ...

The pope’s portrait is everywhere these days. Here, we found it in a store of liturgical paraphernalia in central Rome. There were also many other symbols around, as a testament to how religion and ...

The Rome Prize, which has been awarded by the American Academy in Rome for 130 years, aims to support “innovative and ...

Mourners traveled from around the globe to say a final farewell to Pope Francis, whose body will lie in state at the basilica ...