TEHRAN--The use of Persian carpets in papal funeral proceedings may seem like a surprising choice—that is, to those unaware ...

The use of Persian carpets in papal funeral proceedings may seem like a surprising choice—that is, to those unaware of the ...

For over 600 years carpets from Turkey and Iran have been used in Catholic ceremony and religious paintings by artists, including Andrea del Verrochio, to indicate a carefully defined, sacred space ...

Dozens of heads of state attended the funeral service for Pope Francis, who died Monday at age 88, at St. Peter’s Square today. Follow here for the latest.

ROME - Hundreds of thousands of mourners joined world leaders, including US President Donald Trump, to bid farewell Saturday ...

The 30-year-old man accused of driving a vehicle through a crowd of people at a Filipino festival in Vancouver, killing 11, ...

The Pope, famous—perhaps foremost—for his insistence on simplicity and aversion to clerical glitz, wanted to be buried not at ...

The funeral for Pope Francis will be held Saturday. He will lie in state for three days in St. Peter’s Basilica for three ...

Pope Francis was laid to rest in Rome Saturday after a Vatican funeral for the "pope among the people" attended by hundreds ...

Jhantu’s final journey was carried on the shoulders of his elder brother, Subedar Rafiqul Ali Shaikh of the Indian Army, who ...

Funeral sets off the first of nine days of official ... as children placed baskets of flowers at the altar and a choir sang prayers. The marble tomb of the Catholic Church's first Latin American ...