Pope Francis had been suffering from health issues in the weeks before his death, including a more than one-month stay in the ...

The first pictures of Pope Francis' body following his death were released on Tuesday, and his funeral has been scheduled for ...

A simplified papal funeral will make a fitting farewell for a pontiff who just three days after his surprise election ...

Pope Francis previously spent about five weeks in the hospital with life-threatening respiratory ailments before he was ...

Pope Francis died Monday, history's first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for ...

Pope Francis died Monday at the age of 88. As tributes pour in from around the world, the Vatican faces a transition.

Thousands of young people from around the world had come to Rome expecting to rejoice this weekend in the canonization of the first millennial saint during the Vatican's Holy Year. They ended up ...

In the hours following his death, many Catholics reflected on the words in his final Easter urbi et orbi blessing, which had ...

The Vatican releases the first photo of Pope Francis since his hospitalization. He is seen in his wheelchair in front of an altar, celebrating Holy Mass in a private chapel at Rome's Gemelli Hospital.

The Vatican releases the first photo of Pope Francis since his hospitalization. He is seen in his wheelchair in front of an altar, celebrating Holy Mass in a private chapel at Rome's Gemelli Hospital.