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 ...

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 ...

The Catholic Church and the world are mourning the death ... “You want to allow time for cardinals to gather in Rome,” Reid said. “There will be a series of what are known as congregations ...

Speaking to Catholic faithful ... “He always meant the Church to be a field hospital for the wounded and the sick.” Advíncula and David are expected to travel to Rome to participate ...

Live from St Peter's Square in Rome: Pope Francis’ funeral ... Pope Francis’ funeral and UK’s most senior Catholic on the future of the church ...

VATICAN CITY — The Roman Catholic Church bid farewell to the first New ... heard about the pope’s death just before boarding her flight to Rome. “For me, the flight became a vigil ...

"He passed through the streets of Rome and the numerous faithful wanted ... opportunity to speak his mind to the world and the Catholic Church's most powerful first. But at its heart, Francis's ...

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.

In the history of the Catholic Church, there have been 266 popes, and only about 30 of them have been buried outside of Rome. About 90 popes are buried in St. Peter’s Basilica (21 in the ...

“For every one of those, there’s a conservative Catholic that thinks the pope went way too far.” Now, as cardinals descend on Rome to discuss the church’s challenges, they will soon choose ...

The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland and Irish President Michael D Higgins are among those arriving in Rome on Friday ahead of the Pope's funeral. Fifty heads of state and 10 sovereigns, ...