Pope Francis' deliberate choices set a new precedent that could reshape how future popes are memorialized. By discarding ornate traditions—including the use of three nested coffins and burial in the ...

The death of Pope Francis, after a very public diminishment, closes a signal chapter in Catholic history with absolutely no ...

The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to ...

Pope Francis’ face was forever hidden from the world when his coffin was closed at 8 o’clock on Friday evening, April 25, ...

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

The pope's funeral will be held in a tense geopolitical climate, and Vatican officials are facing a complicated diplomatic ...

The funeral of Pope Francis will be simpler than those of previous popes, following instructions he set out himself. But as a ...

Although Pope Francis simplified the papal funeral rites in a move of typical modesty, Saturday’s ceremony will still be full of pomp and pageantry, as the world’s Catholics bid him farewell and ...

Two people are dead after a shooting near a school in South Memphis. Memphis Police responded to a shooting on Mississippi ...

The world learned Melania Trump was Catholic when she brought rosary beads for Pope Francis to bless in 2017. Now, she's headed back to the Vatican.

In her new book, Tina Knowles recalls Johnny was "obviously gay" which made him "instantly fragile" growing up in 1950s Texas.

The former first lady opened up about facing "ridicule" for not accompanying former President Barack Obama to the ...