Proceedings began at 10am local time (9am BST) with the service taking place at St Peter's Basilica in front of 200,000 ...

Pope Francis spent his 12-year tenure preaching what he called the joy of the gospel and emphasizing compassion. That message ...

They came from around the world to rejoice in the naming of the first millennial saint, but they ended up bidding farewell to ...

Montemurri first raised the question of whether the cardinal could possibly be the first American pope in 2018. According to the author, Tobin’s language skills became invaluable as the Southwest ...

Presidents, prime ministers and cardinals are among those bidding a final farewell to a religious leader described as "a pope ...

Two of the five popes before Francis have become saints, but merely serving as pontiff is no longer a guarantee of ...

Everleigh takes back-to-school shopping to a new level with a fun alphabetical twist.

According to the New York Times, the late pope often discussed art, which, for him, was a “vital reality” that he placed in contrast to the “throwaway culture” of the glob ...

Tens of thousands of young people who had planned to attend the canonization of Carlo Acutis, the first millennial saint, ...

Ukraine's President Volodymr Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump meet before attending the funeral of Pope Francis in St ...

More than 200,000 people filled St. Peter’s Square for the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday as the world said goodbye to ...

The chapel next to where Francis was being buried is home to a Byzantine-style icon of the Madonna, the Salus Populi Romani.