With his death April 21, Pope Francis marked yet another first in the history of the Catholic Church: he became the first ...

VATICAN CITY -- Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: ...

President Trump and Argentine President Javier Milei are among the leaders arriving Friday, the last day the Argentine pope ...

Rome — Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered, ...

With St. Peter’s, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, it is one of four basilicas in Rome granted special status by ...

The Vatican has announced that despite the death of Pope Francis, the Jubilee of Teenagers is still scheduled to take place in Rome beginning ... the pilgrimages to the Holy Door and the holy ...

Now, they will be in Rome to pay their respects to Pope Francis ... Just as the group was in the security line, preparing to go through the Holy Door, he said, the bells began to ring.

This is a special year in which Catholic pilgrims from around the world travel to Rome to worship, receive communion, pray and pass through the Holy Door (doors at a selection of basilicas ...