The first pictures of Pope Francis' body following his death were released on Tuesday, and his funeral has been scheduled for ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis, was first elected as the 266th pope on March 13, 2013, becoming the first Latin American ...

The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, has said he s praying for parishioners of St James Church in Leyland, after the ...

Striking images showed people cheering ... were seen clapping along to hymns and sitting in church with their hands clasped as a priest recited an Easter prayer. Christians, who make up about ...

ROME — Pope Francis will be the first pontiff in more than a century to be buried outside the Vatican Grottoes. After his ...

The news of his death, announced by the Vatican on Monday morning, reverberated across the globe, with people mourning the pontiff in the streets and inside churches and other places of worship.

People stand next to a photograph of Pope Francis placed at Saint Anthony Catholic church in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, April ...

Thousands of Catholics gathered together in prayer for the Holy Father, who passed away at age 88 due to complications from a ...

Faithful Christians around the world celebrated on Sunday the resurrection of Jesus Christ, from Vatican City where Pope ...

Pope Francis died following a stroke. He is lying in state in an open casket in his private chapel in the Vatican.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who served as Pope Francis' secretary of state, stands by the pope's coffin in the chapel of his ...

The first pictures of Pope Francis' body since his death were released on Tuesday, and his funeral has been scheduled for Saturday morning. The images showed Francis lying in a wooden casket ...