As Catholics from around the world were watching the white smoke pour out of the chimney in the Vatican, students in Toledo ...

And in Francis’ case, his shoes were a clear break from tradition—symbolic of a papacy that stripped away pomp and grandeur. A kind of outward de ... church belongs to a secular world. St ...

The Rev. David Sizemore, pastor at St. Francis de Sales, told parishioners he will leave to become pastor at Church of the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — 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 ...

Jason Horowitz In a solemn and majestic funeral on the steps of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Roman Catholic Church on Saturday laid to rest Pope Francis ... the Vatican’s de facto administrator ...

Thousands of people have visited Vatican City to attend Pope Francis's funeral in St Peter's Square. He was transported to his final resting place in Basilica de Santa Maria Maggiore.

Pope Francis, the Catholic Church's 266th pontiff, was the first Jesuit to lead the church in its nearly 2,000-year history. More than 200,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square April 26 to ...

Vatican says Rome braces as foreign leaders arrive for Saturday's funeral Francis 'humanised the church', cardinal says VATICAN CITY, April 25 (Reuters) - More than 100,000 mourners filed into St ...

People line up to enter St. Peter's Basilica and pay their respect to the late Pope Francis, at the Vatican ... Among the first-day mourners was a church group of 14-year-olds from near Milan ...

VATICAN CITY — They came from far and wide, the U.S., the U.K. and South America among other places, all united in their desire to pay their last respects to Pope Francis. Outside St. Peter’s ...

Vatican City — Thousands of people began filing through St. Peter's Basilica ... preceding him as the church choir began chanting the Litany of Saints hymn. Francis' casket wasn't put on an ...

On the night of his election on March 13, 2013, Pope Francis ... the Church, or supreme pontiff. However, given that the Holy Father is the universal pastor because he is bishop of Rome, St ...