Devotees of first millennial saint are awestruck and grateful to find themselves on a very different sort of pilgrimage as they head for the Eternal City to join the Church in mourning the death of a ...

Emilio Morenatti, chief photographer in Spain for The Associated Press, arrived in St. Peter’s Square before sunrise to wait ...

The bells of St. Peter’s are tolling as the body of Pope Francis is transferred from the Vatican hotel where he lived to the ...

Among the many traditions and rituals that come into play following the death of a pope, one that has once again garnered ...

As the pallbearers approached with Francis atop their shoulders, the faithful in rows behind, Morenatti used an extendable ...

Mourners are gathering to pay their respects to Pope Francis, who died earlier this week and is now lying in state in an open ...

Thousands of people have begun filing through St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis at the start of three days of public viewing ahead of his funeral ...

The pontiff’s open casket will be on display at St. Peter’s Basilica until Saturday’s funeral.

Cardinal Kevin Farrell presided over the first ritual of Francis's funeral rites, known as the “rite of the ascertainment of death and deposition in the coffin.” ...

As tributes poured in from around the globe for Pope Francis, who died April 21, 2025, an AI-generated image of the Catholic ...

Throughout his pontificate, Pope Francis made decisions as a Jesuit, that is, in the manner of a superior of the Society of Jesus. Didn’t Saint Ignatius, the founder of the Society of Jesus ...

The Vatican is a place where every gesture, every symbol, and every tradition is of considerable importance. Among the most ...