The cardinals set the funeral for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, to be celebrated by the dean of the College of ...

The Vatican announced the funeral for Pope Francis will be held on Saturday. Earlier in the week, he will lie in state, and ...

Here is an explanation of some of the terms and practices related to the time between the death of Pope Francis April 21 and ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell was handpicked by Pope Francis to be camerlengo, which involves running the Vatican in the days ...

Oscar Crespo was watching TV in his native Buenos Aires when he saw the white smoke appearing above the Sistine Chapel at the ...

In the weeks that follow the passing of a pontiff, the city of Rome, and the Vatican in particular, comes alive with ...

- French President Emmanuel Macron, right, shakes hands with and goes to hug Pope Francis at the end of their private ...

His favorite ice cream? As the world remembers Pope Francis, NBC News’ Claudio Lavanga shares three instances of Francis ...

Pope Francis probably expected that he would face opposition to his reform agenda after Catholics for two generations grew ...

Pope Francis's body laid out in state inside his private chapel at the Vatican.

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

Navarrosa, who is currently writing his thesis on the pope’s 2016 encyclical 'Amoris Laetitia,' recalls meeting Francis in ...