Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century church in Rome dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

Pope Francis, the Catholic Church's first Latin American leader, died on Monday (Apr 21), and a conclave will be held next ...

Tens of thousands of people are expected at the funeral, including Catholic mourners, cardinals and world leaders.

A guide to the embalming process likely to be used for Pope Francis, based on historic and modern practices followed by the ...

Pope Francis died of a stroke and irreversible heart failure, according to the death certificate released by the Vatican.

Pope Francis, 88, died Monday morning at the Vatican. Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell was seen sealing the door to ...

Here are some cardinals who are being talked about as “papabili” to succeed Pope Francis, whose death at the age of 88 was ...

A fundraiser is underway to support the family of a young child who drowned last week in Pooler. A’kari Taylin Mutcherson was ...

The Vatican has said Pope Francis Pope died of a stroke and subsequent irreversible heart failure. The Pope died early Monday, and his death marks not just the end of ...

World leaders are paying tribute with the Taoiseach saying Francis’s papacy was marked by a commitment to ‘compassion, peace, ...