The Vatican says Pope Francis' funeral will be held on Saturday, April 26, in front of St. Peter's Basilica, after the ...

Pope Francis had a lifelong passion for football, from supporting San Lorenzo and organising peace-promoting matches to ...

Throngs of mourners are lining St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, whose body is ...

Pope Francis expressed heartfelt words to his personal health care assistant before his death in the early morning hours of ...

Among Pope Francis' last words were "thank you" to his personal nurse, for encouraging him to greet crowds in St. Peter's ...

Oscar Crespo was watching TV in his native Buenos Aires when he saw the white smoke appearing above the Sistine Chapel at the ...

The pope's death comes one day after Francis, 88, greeted Easter Sunday crowds in his popemobile. He had battled a ...

His death ends a historic chapter for the Catholic Church. The first Latin American pope, he opened the doors of his faith to ...

The first ever cardinal of Roman Catholic-majority East Timor had barely had time to process the news of Pope Francis' death ...

Pope Francis, who challenged deeply rooted norms and made it his mission to change the perception of the Catholic Church ...

Pope Francis probably expected that he would face opposition to his reform agenda after Catholics for two generations grew ...