So many people lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state at St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all ...

More than 60,000 people have visited St Peter’s Basilica to bid farewell to Pope Francis. The queue started again at 6 am on ...

Mourners are queuing in their thousands for hours to pay their respects to Pope Francis on the second day of public tributes ...

Photos show powerful moments from the late pope's funeral proceedings. After Pope Francis' death was announced on Easter ...

Pope Francis introduced changes to the papal funeral rites in 2024 which were aimed at simplifying the ceremonies.

From patrols on the River Tiber to surveillance drones and snipers deployed around St. Peter's Square, Rome is preparing to throw a thoroughly modern security shield around the ancient rituals of a ...

South Korea is bracing for the impact of the Trump administration's tariffs, as reflected in its economic downturn and ...

Cardinals of the Catholic Church are gathering in Vatican City ahead of the funeral of Pope Francis this weekend. Prayer ...

Crowds of believers flocked to St Peter's Basilica on Thursday to pay their respects to Pope Francis on the second day of the ...

Peruvian nun Alba Socola waited in line for almost five hours with thousands of other Catholics on Wednesday to enter St. Peter’s Basilica and give her final farewell to the ...

Staff and wire report The Vatican announced Monday that Pope Francis, the supreme pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, died. He was 88. The Vatican reports he died after suffering a stroke and heart ...