VATICAN CITY – Few could have predicted that a comment Pope Francis made during a 2018 visit to Chile would blow up into the ...

The body of Pope Francis, laid out in an open coffin, was carried in a solemn procession from his residence within the walls ...

While previous popes were placed in three coffins nested into each other, Francis’ mortal remains were placed in a plain ...

Pallbearers carried the simple wooden coffin on their shoulders through the Vatican's archway gates, out into St. Peter's ...

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

Three days of public viewing begin before the pontiff’s funeral on Saturday. Pope Francis’s coffin has been taken to Saint ...

The April 26 funeral is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of pilgrims, as well as world leaders. Read more at ...

The bells of St. Peter’s tolled Wednesday as the body of Pope Francis was transferred from the Vatican hotel where he lived ...