More than 60,000 people have visited St Peter’s Basilica to bid farewell to Pope Francis. The queue started again at 6 am on ...

Mourners paying their final respects to Pope Francis have been disturbed by others snapping selfies beside his body in his open casket, with some even posting smiling photos online.

Father Darren Dias, executive director of the faculty of theology at the University of St. Michael's College, says the ...

The European Court of Human Rights announced Thursday it has determined that French law and practice failed to protect three ...

Mourners from across the globe made a slow, shuffling procession up the main aisle of St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their last ...

About 25,000 people have visited St. Peter’s Square since Wednesday morning to pay homage to Pope Francis, the Italian Police told ABC News. Officials said they expect the number to increase, with a ...

Vatican authorities kept St. Peter's Basilica open all night as an estimated 50,000 people lined around St. Peter's Square ...

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 ...

Photos show powerful moments from the late pope's funeral proceedings. After Pope Francis' death was announced on Easter ...

Losing Francis was “as if you’re losing your grandfather, your very wise grandfather,” one mourner told NBC News.

The papal funeral is scheduled for the early hours of April 26. It will be a more modest event than others, for a modest man.