In a solemn and majestic funeral on the steps of St. Peter's Basilica, the Roman Catholic Church on Saturday laid to rest Pope Francis, the first South American pope, whose simple style, pastoral ...

World leaders and faithful gather to bid farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral reflecting his priorities as pope. He will be laid to rest at St. Mary Major Basilica.

Pope Francis has broken with tradition when it comes to where he is laid to rest – choosing a light-filled basilica instead ...

The casket bearing the body of Pope Francis made its final journey through the streets of Rome accompanied by applause and ...

A simplified papal funeral will make a fitting farewell for a pontiff who just three days after his surprise election ...

In today’s newsletter, the ritualistic sights and scenes at Pope Francis’s funeral. Plus: I watched the funeral for Pope ...

Members of the Social Justice and Peace Commission at St. Michael's Parish in Augusta grew together thanks to the late ...

Pope Francis, the pontiff whose acts of love and humility rippled through his papacy, was laid to rest in a service he ...

At his funeral, Pope Francis was remembered and venerated as a pontiff with "strength and serenity" who modeled his pontificate on St. Francis of Assisi. The dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni ...

The dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni Re, offered the homily during Pope Francis' funeral. Here are the words he ...

The Society of Jesus is a Roman Catholic order founded in 1540 by Saint Ignatius of Loyola committed to spirituality and ...

Pope Francis always placed the Gospel of mercy at the center, repeatedly emphasizing that God never tires of forgiving us. He ...