Former President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will among those attending Saturday's funeral for Pope Francis in ...

Visitors have noticed a unique atmosphere here at the Vatican in the days before Pope Francis's funeral and the conclave.

Vatican City — Heads of state and royalty will start converging on Rome on Friday for the funeral of Pope Francis in the ...

Alongside the gossip and the gallows humor, the ancient and solemn rituals continue,” Chiara Barzini writes from Italy.

Pope Francis stipulated that he be laid to rest at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major, where seven other popes are buried.

Rome's Gammarelli tailors traditionally prepare the vestments for the new pope, but this time say they have not been asked by ...

VATICAN CITY -- Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: ...

With St. Peter’s, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, it is one of four basilicas in Rome granted special status by ...

The first pope from the Americas was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Dec. 17, 1936. He was chosen ...

With Pope Francis' passing, the Roman Catholic Church is focused on electing his replacement. Here's what that means.

Tens of thousands of mourners continue to wait hours in line to pay their respects and get a glimpse of Francis.