Roman Catholic cardinals gathered Tuesday in Vatican City to prepare for the Saturday funeral of Pope Francis.

Pope Francis expressed heartfelt words to his personal health care assistant before his death in the early morning hours of ...

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

Pope Francis will be the first pope in hundreds of years to be buried in Rome’s Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore. The pontiff ...

Pope transformed the church’s senior leadership, exposing growing differences over teachings. “Once you start opening the ...

The Vatican has released the first photos that show Pope Francis lying in state after the head of the Catholic church died on ...

Pope Francis’ funeral will take place on Saturday. Chris Jansing is at the Vatican and speaks with historian Elizabeth Lev ...

The cardinals set the funeral for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, to be celebrated by the dean of the College of ...

Pope Francis preached tolerance for others, sometimes to the point of breaking with Catholic Church orthodoxy and surprising ...

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The Vatican has released poignant details about Pope Francis' last moments — and some of his final words — before his death.