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

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

When Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was elected in 2013 as Pope Francis, he was a near total Vatican outsider. He had never been a ...

During the nine-day mourning period, cardinals from around the world gather in Rome and begin meeting ... of choosing the next leader of the Catholic Church. Behind closed doors in the Vatican's ...

The Catholic Church and the world are mourning the death ... “You want to allow time for cardinals to gather in Rome,” Reid said. “There will be a series of what are known as congregations ...

Speaking to Catholic faithful ... “He always meant the Church to be a field hospital for the wounded and the sick.” Advíncula and David are expected to travel to Rome to participate ...

In the history of the Catholic Church, there have been 266 popes, and only about 30 of them have been buried outside of Rome. About 90 popes are buried in St. Peter’s Basilica (21 in the ...

But this is the pilgrimage that the Good Lord wants right now for our Catholic Church and for our members ... and then to spend three days in Rome ahead of the canonization on April 27.

The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland and Irish President Michael D Higgins are among those arriving in Rome on Friday ahead of the Pope's funeral. Fifty heads of state and 10 sovereigns, ...

"He passed through the streets of Rome and the numerous faithful wanted ... opportunity to speak his mind to the world and the Catholic Church's most powerful first. But at its heart, Francis's ...

ROME—Pope Francis accelerated the transformation of the Catholic Church into an institution that reflects the unruly diversity of its global flock. His successor will have to make it work.

As world leaders gather in Rome for Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday, many Catholics are wondering if the church could soon elect its first black pope. With Africa home to one in five Catholics, the ...