The Vatican opened St. Peter’s Basilica to the general public Wednesday to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, with thousands of people filling the central aisle and Swiss Guards standing at ...

Thousands of people began filing through St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis on Wednesday at the ...

Throngs of Catholics made their way slowly to the 16th century basilica's main altar, where Francis' simple open wooden ...

Senior Vatican Cardinal Pietro Parolin led a rosary prayer at the St Mary Major Basilica in Rome on Tuesday evening, ...

Catholics around the world expressed their sadness and non-Catholics sent their condolences upon hearing the news of Pope ...

The funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday will be President Donald Trump's first foreign trip since returning to the White ...

The Archdiocese of Detroit's 213 parishes will offer many traditions for Catholics to honor the pontiff and his life, said an ...

FILE - A Western Democratic Movement activist holds a poster with a message that reads in Spanish; "Free the priests," and images of clergy imprisoned by the government of Daniel Ortega, including ...

ASSISI, Italy (AP) — Pilgrims have been pouring into this medieval hilltop town to venerate not only two of the Catholic ... church to “say hi” to Jesus and Mary. Later, he started attending Mass, ...