Faithful and nuns gather by the statue of Pope Pius IX, inside in St. Mary Major basilica, where Pope Francis will be buried, ...

And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. They said to ...

A change in popes is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the transition in leadership for both the ...

Francis stopped by the basilica on his way home from the Gemelli hospital on March 23, after his 38-day hospital stay, to ...

Pictures posted from the event in previous years include men dressed as Jesus in high heels, dresses and minimal clothing, and holding signs ... and it’s certainly not art.

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process. These are the need-to-know terms — some of them ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

After every foreign trip, Francis would go to the basilica to pray before the Byzantine-style painting that features an image of Mary, draped in a blue robe, holding the infant Jesus who in turn ...

After every foreign trip, Pope Francis would go to the basilica to pray before the Byzantine-style painting that features an image of Mary, draped in a blue robe, holding the infant Jesus ...