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

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.

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

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

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 ...

Pope Francis, 88, died Monday morning at the Vatican. Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell was seen sealing the door to ...

The Vatican said 400,000 people packed St Peter’s Square and lined the streets of Rome for the funeral of the first ... as children placed baskets of flowers at the altar and a choir sang ...