Bells rang out as the Pope's coffin was carried across St Peter's Square to lie in state ahead of the funeral on Saturday.

We had mentioned to our parish priest that we planned to visit Italy during our honeymoon and hoped to see the Pope during ...

President Trump’s presence at the Vatican funeral marks a rare moment of reverence amid a complex relationship with the late ...

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the ...

April 23, the patron saint’s day of Pope Francis, is a holiday at the Vatican and the pope usually celebrated it with acts of ...

Donald Trump and the UN chief among guests to attend funeral ceremonies for the Catholic Church’s late pontiff.

Pope Francis' lying-in-state has been taken over by people holding up their smartphones in crowds as they try to capture the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of people filed through the central aisle of St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects ...

Pontiffs have been players in global affairs for hundreds of years. Pope Francis carved out his own form of global influence.

The Israeli embassy to the Vatican has limited its social media reaction to the pope's death by reposting a message of ...

With as many as 170 foreign delegations - including those of Donald Trump and Prince William - expected to descend on the ...

Mary McAleese, Ireland's former president, talks to Christiane Amanpour about the legacy of Pope Francis. Personal memories ...