As the Vatican prepares to end viewings at St Peter's Basilica at 19:00 local time (18:00 BST), the BBC has spoken to the ...

Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next ...

Oregonians who want to watch Pope Francis' funeral will have a chance to do so this weekend from home. As mourners continue ...

Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered.

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

Pope Francis’ wooden coffin will be sealed on Friday night, in a private rite that officially ends three days of his body ...

When Pope Francis died, he was recovering at the Vatican after a five-week hospital stay for double pneumonia and other ...

Russia, Israel and China each had unique and often complex relationships with the Vatican and the late Pope Francis. As the ...

Despite the outcry of traditionalists who fomented for a smaller but “purer” church, Pope Francis was willing to “ make a ...

Pontiff’s coffin sealed after 250,000 pay homage to head of Catholic Church - Pope Francis’s coffin was sealed after a ...

More than 250,000 people paid their last respects to Pope Francis over three days of public viewing by ordinary mourners and ...

The next Pope will inherit not only Pope Francis ’s bold and controversial legacy of institutional reform, but also the ...