Cardinals have agreed that the traditional nine days of mourning for the pope, the so-called novemdiales, will begin on ...

The Vatican will make final preparations Friday for Pope Francis's funeral as the last of the huge crowds of mourners file ...

What to expect at Pope Francis’ funeral from Vatican rituals to iron-clad security and world leaders attending - Tens of ...

So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s Basilica that the ...

Pope Francis’ great contribution was to present the Catholic Church as a lover of all people. He called it “a field hospital after battle,” a refuge and place of repair. It must “go to the peripheries ...

Pope Francis' funeral will take place this weekend and will be broadcast across the world as thousands of worshipers flock to ...

All-Ireland Primate Eamon Martin will be joined by the Archbishop of Dublin in representing the Irish Catholic Church at ...

A retired US cardinal who has faced accusations of mishandling sexual abuse cases was chosen to help seal Pope Francis’s ...

We used to see each other and talk on the phone often. Now I was expecting his call on May 3, for my 94th birthday. He always ...