So many people lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state at St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all night, closing for just one hour from 6 a.m. until 7 a.m. Thursday ...

The burial of the pontiff will be on Saturday at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, the first time a pontiff is ...

Francis’ death and funeral will usher in a carefully orchestrated period of transition in the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic ...

The San Francisco 49ers are feverishly working on their big board for this week's NFL Draft. While the 49ers are in the ...

On May 2, a Mass for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis will be celebrated in Erie by Bishop Lawrence Persico, according to the Catholic Diocese of Erie website. The service will take place at ...

The 49ers could surprise us all and draft a quarterback, particularly Shedeur Sanders, according to ESPN's Peter Schrager.

As the night fell on Rome, a long line of mourners — children, nuns, tourists and others — still waited outside the ...

It would be a wild change of direction if the San Francisco 49ers pass on the opportunity to pick DT Mason Graham in the NFL ...

The death of a pope triggers a centuries-old ritual to elect a new one, involving sacred oaths, the piercing of ballots with ...

The Vatican opened St. Peter's Basilica to the general public Wednesday to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, with thousands of people filling the central aisle and Swiss Guards standing at ...

Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell, flanked by Vatican Master of Ceremonies Monsignor Krzysztof Marcjanowicz, at his ...