Pope Francis will be laid to rest Saturday after lying in state for three days in St. Peter’s Basilica, where the faithful ...

Francis paid a surprise visit to Rome's Regina Coeli last week to offer well-wishes to inmates ahead of Easter.

Pope Francis was the first pontiff elected from the Society of Jesus — also known as the Jesuits. It's one of the most prominent religious orders in the Catholic Church, with approximately 15,000 ...

Awaiting the Conclave, the guessing game has already begun. Who will be the successor of Pope Francis? Obviously, only the ...

The patron saint of the late pontiff, St. George, is credited with protecting the papacy and is also known as an intercessor ...

President of Dominica Her Excellency Sylvanie Burton during a press statement said she was deeply saddened after learning of ...

The papal funeral is scheduled for Saturday, April 26. It will be a more modest event than others, for a modest man.

The pontiff died aged 88 on Easter Monday after suffering a stroke and cardiac arrest, bringing to an end his 12 years as the spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church.

Obviously, when I saw him, I didn’t know that he had less than 24 hours still on this Earth,” Vance said Wednesday.

Bells rang out as the Pope's coffin was carried across St Peter's Square to lie in state ahead of the funeral on Saturday.

With as many as 170 foreign delegations - including those of Donald Trump and Prince William - expected to descend on the ...