A couple celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary have told of the “significance” of being able to attend Pope Francis’s wake in Rome – having first met decades ago at another papal event. Patrick ...

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 ...

Although Pope Francis simplified the papal funeral rites in a move of typical modesty, Saturday’s ceremony will still be full ...

Mourners paying their final respects to Pope Francis have been disturbed by others snapping selfies beside his body in his ...

So many people lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state at St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all ...

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 ...

Cardinals could pick a progressive pope ready to build off the changes Francis brought to the church or a conservative who ...

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

From patrols on the River Tiber to surveillance drones and snipers deployed around St. Peter's Square, Rome is preparing to ...

Professor Anna Rowlands discusses the mourners who have gathered on St. Peter’s Basilica to honor the late pontiff.

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 ...