Sister Inah Canabarro, a Brazilian nun and teacher, was confirmed in January as the world's oldest person. She would have ...

Pope Francis understood the vital role that Christianity and Islam can play in shaping our shared future — which is why he ...

The last time no pre-conclave order came in to the Vatican's tailor of choice, Gammarelli, was October 1978, when cardinal ...

the niches in St. Peter’s—designed by Bernini in the 17th century—have preserved three other major relics: a piece of the “True Cross,” a fragment of the “Holy Lance,” and the skull ...

Pope Francis' possible successor, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, held special Mass in St. Peter's Square. Francis' tomb opened to ...

World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful have said farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral that highlighted his ...

Pope Francis's funeral honored his legacy with symbolic items like his miter, crozier, rosary, fisherman's ring and more. Here's what each represents.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of young people from around the world had come to Rome expecting to rejoice this weekend in the ...

Outside St. Peter’s Basilica, thousands of people lined up for hours, some waiting in the cold twilight of Thursday morning ...

VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP) — Tens of thousands of people flocked ... seven hours before the end of three days of lying in ...

After so many people lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state at St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open ...

Bells rang out as the Pope's coffin was carried across St Peter's Square to lie in state ahead of the funeral on Saturday.