Fiorello Maffei, a 58-year-old who lives in London, returned to Italy for the now postponed canonisation of Carlo, a Londoner ...

Typically, popes are laid to rest beneath St. Peter's Basilica. On Saturday, Francis became the first Catholic leader in over ...

The Vatican, headquarters of the Catholic Church, is the smallest state in the world, with its own newspaper, national anthem ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of young people from around the world had come to Rome expecting to rejoice this weekend in the ...

Pope Francis's funeral attracts thousands to Vatican City. Cardinals will be begin to pick a new pope soon.

The first trip of Francis' papacy was to Lampedusa, an Italian island that is often the first port of call for migrants ...

According to Vatican estimates, some 250,000 people flocked to the funeral Mass, while 150,000 more lined the motorcade route ...

World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his ...

The cardinals eligible to vote for the new pope will gather in the coming weeks and enter seclusion to secretly vote for the new bishop of Rome.

The tomb was opened on the second of nine days of official mourning for Francis, after which a conclave will be held to elect ...

World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his ...