From patrols on the River Tiber to surveillance drones and snipers deployed around St Peter's Square, Rome is preparing to ...

The basilica was bathed in a hushed silence as mourners from across the globe made a slow, shuffling procession up the main ...

The selfies taken with Pope Francis' body in his open casket have been described as "awful" and "distasteful." ...

More than 60,000 people have visited St Peter’s Basilica to bid farewell to Pope Francis. The queue started again at 6 am on ...

One student is dead and at least three people seriously hurt in a Thursday French school stabbing. The 15-year-old attacker ...

Mourners paying their final respects to Pope Francis have been disturbed by others snapping selfies beside his body in his ...

What Pope Francis left behind in his last will and testament - Alongside the will, the Vatican announced the pope died ...

About 25,000 people have visited St. Peter’s Square since Wednesday morning to pay homage to Pope Francis, the Italian Police told ABC News. Officials said they expect the number to increase, with a ...

The last numbers released by the Vatican said more than 50,000 people had paid their last respects in the first 12 hours of ...

A change in popes is a complicated process. Here are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of news in the coming days.

Vatican authorities kept St. Peter's Basilica open all night as an estimated 50,000 people lined around St. Peter's Square ...

Although Pope Francis simplified the papal funeral rites in a move of typical modesty, Saturday’s ceremony will still be full of pomp and pageantry, as the world’s Catholics bid him farewell and ...