The last numbers released by the Vatican said more than 50,000 people had paid their last respects in the first 12 hours of ...

A change in popes is a complicated process. Here are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of news in the coming days.

Vatican authorities kept St. Peter's Basilica open all night as an estimated 50,000 people lined around St. Peter's Square ...

Although Pope Francis simplified the papal funeral rites in a move of typical modesty, Saturday’s ceremony will still be full of pomp and pageantry, as the world’s Catholics bid him farewell and ...

With Pope Francis's passing, focus turns to Cardinal Peter Turkson, who is a leading candidate in the upcoming papal election ...

Pope Francis' funeral will be held Saturday after his coffin is sealed Friday evening at St. Peter’s Basilica. His tomb at ...

Why people are queueing for hours for a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ glimpse of Pope’s body - A teen who waited in line for five ...

National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula has said he will fly to Italy to grace funeral of Pope Francis, who died on April ...

French-Argentine nun, Sister Genevieve Jeanningros, was seen in footage from the first day of Francis' lying-in-state ...

BBC News Correspondent Mark Lowen caught up with one family from New York who described being able to pay their final ...

Pope Francis' funeral will take place at 6 a.m. ET on Saturday, April 26. Here's how to watch the service from home.