The pope's body will lie in state at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome starting April 23 and mourners can pay respects ahead of his funeral on April 26.

The Pope requested a "simple" tomb bearing only the inscription "Franciscus", according to his final testament.

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I wish to extend my sympathy on behalf of the Church of Ireland to Archbishop Eamon Martin and to the Roman Catholic people ...

What a humbling feeling it was to have the leader of the Roman Catholic Church ask you to pray for him. While it shocked us in the moment, perhaps it should not have. Pope Francis lived a life rooted ...