President Trump and other world leaders gathered in Rome on Saturday to honor the life of Pope Francis, who died on Monday at ...

Cardinals will meet next month to pick Francis' successor, deciding if the new pope should continue with the late pontiff's ...

As the world mourns Pope Francis' death, here is what you need to know about the Novemdiales, or the nine days of mourning.

The late pontiff will lie in state inside St. Peter's Basilica for three days ahead of his funeral, with the faithful processing slowly up to his simple wooden coffin to pay their respects.

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

As Pope Francis has mandated, here are the steps that the ritual will follow. The funeral rites take place in three parts, called stations. The first takes place in the pope's private chapel ...

In Peter Jackson's The Hobbit, Dwalin and Balin greeted each other with a headbutt, which may have been inspired by Aragorn ...

The Holy See confirmed details of the funeral for Pope Francis, noting it will begin on the first day of the Novendials nine-day mourning period. Here's everything you need to know about the Holy ...

Pope Francis' funeral has been scheduled for 10 a.m. local time (4 a.m. eastern) on Saturday in front of St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican announced Tuesday, following a meeting of the College of ...

Numerous leaders will travel to Vatican City, the papal enclave surrounded by Rome, for the funeral services of Pope Francis. The beloved religious head died at the age of 88 on Easter Monday ...