Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday ... like the apostles grieving over the death of Jesus.” The Mass was attended by a crowd estimated at 200,000, among them ...

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.

Proceedings began at 10am local time (9am BST) with the service taking place at St Peter's Basilica in front of 200,000 ...

Pope Francis’s wooden coffin, in which the Argentinian pontiff lies wearing a red chasuble, white mitre and black shoes, ...

Around 150,000 people paid their last respects to Pope Francis, before the funeral, held on Satur6. The pontiff's coffin was ...

The Vatican is making final preparations for Pope Francis' funeral as the last of the huge crowds of mourners file through St ...

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the transition in leadership for both the spiritual head of the global Catholic ...

Penn Museum and Egyptian archaeologists working at Abydos, an archaeological site in an ancient city, discovered a new tomb. Credit: Siri Challa Penn researchers, working in conjunction with Egyptian ...

This Sunday is Easter, a holiday marking the Resurrection of Jesus Christ ... The bulk grocery chain will be closed on Easter Sunday before returning to normal hours on Monday.

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is also believed by Christians to house Jesus’s tomb. The idea that Jesus was buried close to the place of his crucifixion comes from the Bible. The Gospel of ...

Easter celebrates the astounding claim that Jesus Christ was raised from the dead. Executed on Good Friday, he lay in a tomb, stone-cold dead. But on the first Easter morning some 2,000 years ago ...