Pope Francis is lying in state in St Peter's Basilica, where tens of thousands of mourners will file past his open casket ...

Rome is always teeming, and Easter usually kicks off the long tourist season. Up to 250,000 are expected to attend the Pope's ...

The cardinals met Tuesday in the Vatican's synod hall to chart the next steps before a conclave begins to choose Francis' ...

The pope's death comes one day after Francis, 88, greeted Easter Sunday crowds in his popemobile. He had battled a ...

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

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis died Monday morning, Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, announced. “At 7:35 ...

Pope Francis signaled a very different tone for the papacy, stressing humility over hubris for a Catholic Church beset by ...

Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. The Vatican said Francis suffered a stroke which led to a coma and his heart to fail, as ...

The faithful in Pope Francis’ hometown lit candles in the church where he found God as a teenager, packed the cathedral where ...

His death ends a historic chapter for the Catholic Church. The first Latin American pope, he opened the doors of his faith to ...