In changes made by Pope Francis last year, his body was not placed in three wooden coffins, as it had been for previous popes.

Leon Niebrzydowski will run his 70th marathon on his 70th birthday, but that's not the only reason the Vermont City Marathon will be special for this experienced runner ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” ...

The office of pope, successor of St. Peter, has always been steeped in symbolism. But as popes came and went, one symbol has ...

Here is an explanation of some of the terms and practices related to the time between the death of Pope Francis April 21 and ...

In the weeks that follow the passing of a pontiff, the city of Rome, and the Vatican in particular, comes alive with ...

Between the fourth and sixth day after the pope’s death, the papal funeral takes place in St. Peter’s Basilica or St. Peter’s ...

An Irish-born American cardinal was entrusted by Pope Francis to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy ...

Francis was more tolerant with another critic, the retired archbishop of Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen. He excoriated the ...

Now, as tradition dictates, the late pontiff's signet ring will be destroyed - or defaced, at least - within the walls of the ...

Navarrosa, who is currently writing his thesis on the pope’s 2016 encyclical 'Amoris Laetitia,' recalls meeting Francis in ...

Francis, 88, died early Monday, the day after Easter, and LGBTQ+ Catholics and theologians recalled the comment as one of the ...