His funeral is being held on Saturday in St. Peter's Square. Francis will then be buried, according to his will: in a simple underground tomb at St. Mary Major Basilica. The church is home to his ...

Mourners bid farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral that highlighted his concern for the 'most peripheral of the peripheries.' ...

Priests and other celebrants distribute the Holy Communion – the bread and wine, representing the body and blood of Christ – ...

The cardinal added: “He had great spontaneity and an informal way of addressing everyone, even those far from the Church.

Proceedings began at 10am local time (9am BST) with the service taking place at St Peter's Basilica in front of 200,000 ...

The late Pope Francis continued his legacy as an open-armed trailblazer by opening the sacred portal of the Vatican and dying ...

World leaders and Catholic faithful bid farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral reflecting his priorities and wishes.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — From some of the world’s most powerful leaders to those on society’s margins whom Pope Francis always ...

Pope Francis was laid to rest Saturday in a funeral he helped design as 200,000 mourners and world leaders gathered to honor ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is being laid to rest Saturday in a ceremony reflecting his priorities as pope and wishes as ...

Two of the five popes before Francis have become saints, but merely serving as pontiff is no longer a guarantee of ...

The Holy Communion is being distributed among the cardinals at the funeral of Pope Francis. After the cardinals receive the Holy Communion, they will then distribute it among the crowd throughout St.