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 ...

The rite began in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta and ended with the Holy Father’s body before the Altar of Confession in ...

The sounds of bells and prayerful chants echoed throughout Vatican City as Francis’ body was carried in a simple wooden ...

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

Long lines of mourners, many waiting more than four hours under the hot Roman sun, wound around St. Peter’s Square on the ...

In accordance with his personal wishes, Francis will not be buried in the Vatican grottoes but instead at the Basilica of St.

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

The body of Pope Francis is lying in state in St. Peter’s Basilica, where it will remain for three days until his funeral ...

VATICAN CITY ( WGN) — Catholics in Italy are now able to pay their respects to Pope Francis, as a public viewing began Wednesday before his funeral this weekend.

SAN FRANCISCO – Karen Allen had read about the new statue of a nude woman in San Francisco but was merely thinking about a ferry ride and a burger when she came in from Oakland. Once she arrived ...

Archaeology buffs might find the Basilica di San Clemente interesting as it's a veritable nesting doll of churches. It's a second century pagan temple, underneath a fourth-century church ...