Emilio Morenatti, chief photographer in Spain for The Associated Press, arrived in St. Peter’s Square before sunrise to wait ...

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

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.

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

Among the many traditions and rituals that come into play following the death of a pope, one that has once again garnered ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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