It is rare for a pope to be buried outside the Vatican, and Francis is the first to do so since Pope Leo XIII in 1903.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of young people from around the world had come to Rome expecting to rejoice this weekend in the ...

Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary ...

Pope Francis, who passed away at the age of 88 on Easter Monday, broke tradition by choosing a burial site outside the Vatican Grottoes, at the Basilica of St.

With Pope Francis laid to rest, all eyes turn now to the conclave, the secretive meeting of cardinals set to convene within ...

One in 5 of the world’s Catholics now live in Africa, and African cardinals will be key in determining Francis’s successor at ...

Cardinals this week will start in-depth discussions on planning the conclave to choose Pope Francis' successor. No date has ...

Some see the byword as a rallying call in a conservative campaign to reverse Francis’ push for a more inclusive church.

Pope Francis, who chose his papal name after the 13th-century figure St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of ...

The Vatican long ago had offered to help facilitate peace talks and Francis had regularly called for peace and dialogue from ...

Over three days this week, more than 250,000 people stood for hours in line to pay their final respects while Francis’ body lay in state in St. Peter’s Basilica.

The Vatican, headquarters of the Catholic Church, is the smallest state in the world, with its own newspaper, national anthem ...