VATICAN CITY (AP) — Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white ...

Francis opted for burial in Santa Maria Maggiore, located in Rome's most multi-cultural neighbouhood. No pope has been laid ...

When Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was elected in 2013 as Pope Francis, he was a near total Vatican outsider. He had never been a ...

Pope Francis’ funeral procession passed the Temple of Venus and Rome on its way to the Basilica ... of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Roman Catholic Church on Saturday laid to rest Pope Francis ...

May you bless the Church, bless Rome ... Courtney Mares is a Rome Correspondent for Catholic News Agency. A graduate of Harvard University, she has reported from news bureaus on three continents ...

Eastern Catholic leaders are remembering Pope Francis for bringing significant attention to their churches and traditions throughout his papacy, in a legacy marked by fraternity and many firsts, while ...

Cardinals who traveled to Rome for Francis' funeral will be meeting regularly this week ahead of the conclave as they start to chart a way forward for the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church.

Pope Francis, 88, the head of the worldwide Catholic Church, will be laid to rest on Saturday (Apr 26) in Rome. The Argentine pontiff died from a stroke on Monday (Apr 21), less than a month after ...

Since the sexual revolution, Catholic liberals have ... the Latin Mass without permission from Rome, which is routinely refused. In doing so, he made Church life unpleasant for the very Catholics ...

The Vatican and local authorities estimate 150,000 people lined Rome’s streets to wave goodbye ... of a nine-day mourning period for the Catholic Church, known as the “Novendiales.” ...

But this is the pilgrimage that the Good Lord wants right now for our Catholic Church and for our members ... and then to spend three days in Rome ahead of the canonization on April 27.