Francis broke from tradition and asked for a "simple" burial in Rome's Basilica of Saint Mary Major instead of St. Peter's ...

Tributes to Pope Francis pour in from around the world with Vatican set to published details of funeral and conclave ...

The names of a few U.S. bishops have surfaced as possible contenders for Pope including Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark, ...

Pope Francis's death has elicited an outpouring of grief in Indonesia, with tributes in the world's largest Muslim-majority ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis' funeral will be held on April 26 at St. Peter's Basilica after the pontiff lies in state there ...

In one of his final acts, Pope Francis cleared the way for Papua New Guinea to get its first saint -- an anti-polygamy ...

Pope Francis was meant to be a pontiff for the age of globalization. The pope's spiritual mission doesn't change, but its ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died aged 88 He died of stroke and subsequent ...

Church leaders across New England praised his humility. Francis “constantly reminds us of those that get overlooked ,” Boston ...

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The Vatican has set Pope Francis' funeral for Saturday, as global media outlets descend upon Rome where millions of mourners ...

Monsignor Paul F. deLadurantaye of the Catholic Diocese of Arlington discusses the death of Pope Francis and the process as ...