Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, will be mourned and buried at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major ...

The funeral of Pope Francis — the world’s first Argentinean pontiff — is being held in Rome early Saturday as Catholics ...

The head of the basilica that is housing Pope Francis's tomb says it reflects his “humble, simple and essential" life.

President Trump and Argentine President Javier Milei are among the leaders arriving Friday, the last day the Argentine pope ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Heads of state and royalty will start converging on Rome on Friday for the funeral of Pope Francis in the ...

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

The faithful will be flocking to Rome to honor the death of Pope Francis, with his funeral scheduled for Saturday April 26.

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

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

The pope’s burial site, at his request, is the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, one of the four papal basilicas in Rome. He ...