The Vatican opened St. Peter’s Basilica to the general public Wednesday to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, with ...

The death of Pope Francis on Monday at age 88 has set into motion the process of selecting a new leader of the Roman Catholic ...

Francis was laid out in red robes, clasping a rosary and wearing a bishop’s miter, the traditional pointed headdress.

Donald Bolen, the archbishop of Regina, is travelling to Vatican City for Saturday’s funeral of Pope Francis – a journey, he says, is to honour a pontiff who mirrored his vision and his compassion.

As Pope Francis lies in state at Saint Peter's Basilica, heightened security measures are in place as an estimated 250,000 ...

"Obviously, when I saw him, I didn't know that he had less than 24 hours still on this Earth," Vance said Wednesday.

Tens of thousands of Catholic faithful have lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state at the Vatican. Crowds have gathered in the Vatican City to pay their respects to Pope Francis.

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process. These are the need-to-know terms — some of them ...