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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rome’s key tourist sites within the Vatican - the heart of the Catholic Church - are now absorbed by mourning and reelection procedures. Around 15-20 days after the pontiff’s death ...

"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 ...

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Live from St Peter's Square in Rome: Pope Francis’ funeral ... Pope Francis’ funeral and UK’s most senior Catholic on the future of the church ...

Cardinal Wim Eijk will attend the funeral That's the role of the College of Cardinals, the Catholic Church's most senior figures appointed by the pontiff, who will make their way to Rome in the ...

Rome is a far cry from rural Idaho ... I think, to a lot of people who are again on the fringes, it shows that the Catholic Church is not just this old, decrepit, theo-political machine that ...