The basilica will be kept open until at least midnight on Thursday to allow the faithful to mourn. Francis' funeral will be ...

Cardinals could pick a progressive pope ready to build off the changes Francis brought to the church or a conservative who ...

As of Thursday evening, about 90,000 people have visited St. Peter’s Basilica to pay homage to Pope Francis, the Vatican ...

Mourners stood in line for hours on Thursday to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, whose body is lying in state in St.

So many people lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state at St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all ...

Those touched − figuratively and literally − by Pope Francis, the "People's Pope," during his only visit to the U.S. reflect ...

So many mourners lined up to pay their respects to Pope Francis that the Vatican kept St. Peter's Basilica open all night to ...

Thousands flooded through the walls of Vatican City as a procession of cardinals and pallbearers took the body of the late ...

A conclave to choose a new pope normally takes place 15 to 20 days after the death of a pontiff, meaning this conclave should ...

The body of Pope Francis was moved to St. Peter's Basilica lie in state for three days so the Catholic faithful can pay their ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88 after suffering a stroke, setting off mourning in the Catholic world and ...