POPE Francis’ final testament has been revealed as the pontiff asked to be buried in a simple tomb underground. The leader of ...

The canonization of first millennial saint, Carlo Acutis, who died of Leukemia in 2006 in Italy, was scheduled to take place ...

Global tributes are being paid after Pope Francis died of a stroke and heart failure on Easter Monday at Casa Santa Marta, a guesthouse at the Vatican. Follow for live updates ...

The world is mourning Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday aged 88 from a cerebral stroke and subsequent heart failure.

ROME (AP) — Two art restorers were putting the final touches on a months-long restoration of the tomb of Pope Urban VIII, who ...

The Pope requested a "simple" tomb bearing only the inscription "Franciscus", according to his final testament.

In a break from tradition and by his prior request, the pope will be laid to rest in Rome's St. Mary Major Basilica instead of in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica, where many of pope's predecessors ...

The death of Pope Francis has triggered a period of mourning in the Vatican and signals the start of a millennia-old process of picking a new pontiff.

The world is mourning Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday aged 88 from a cerebral stroke and subsequent heart failure.

ROME — Two art restorers were putting the final touches on a months-long restoration of the tomb of Pope Urban VIII, who in 1626 consecrated St. Peter’s Basilica, when the convalescing Pope ...

While many popes are buried under St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, Pope Francis will not continue that trend. In December, Pope Francis said he wanted to be buried in the Rome basilica of St. Mary ...

Pope Francis ’ funeral has been set for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, and a viewing of his body will begin on ...