The cardinals set the funeral for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, to be celebrated by the dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re.

In the New Mexico city that shared its namesake with the pope, local residents and tourists alike bowed their heads Monday ...

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The body of the late Pope Francis will be laid in state at St. Peter’s Basilica, in Vatican City from Wednesday, April 23, until his funeral mass on Saturday, April 26, as the world prepares to bid ...

As tradition dictates, the late pontiff’s signet ring will be destroyed — or defaced, at least — within the walls of the ...

Following the death of Pope Francis at the age of 88, a papacy expert elaborated on the process for electing a new pope in addition to sharing his thoughts about potential successors to Francis and ...

The Vatican has released the first images of Pope Francis, showing him in his casket with the Vatican secretary of state ...

Tributes to Pope Francis pour in from around the world with Vatican set to published details of funeral and conclave ...

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Pope Francis's funeral will be held on Saturday, the Vatican announced, as world leaders from US President Donald Trump to ...

Here's how Pope Francis' funeral will be much different from his predecessors. In the last couple of years before his tragic ...

Photo: Alamy President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are expected to attend the funeral of Pope Francis, who died ...