Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín, who welcomed the decision to fly flags at half-mast over public buildings, said there should be ...

At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white ...

At Masses in Rome’s housing projects and in the heart of its tourist district, the faithful prayed Sunday for the upcoming ...

Alongside the gossip and the gallows humor, the ancient and solemn rituals continue,” Chiara Barzini writes from Italy.

I never knew how much I wanted to go to Rome until I got there.

With St. Peter’s, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, it is one of four basilicas in Rome granted special status by ...

Francis opted for burial in Santa Maria Maggiore, located in Rome's most multi-cultural neighbouhood. No pope has been laid ...

Pope Francis stipulated that he be laid to rest at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major, where seven other popes are buried.

Timothy Cardinal Dolan was among thousands of people who visited the tomb of Pope Francis in Rome on Sunday, one day after ...

The pope has died. Hundreds of cardinals are gathering in Rome. The secret ballot for a successor hasn’t begun. But among church leaders, talk about who will next lead the 2,000-year-old church ...