More than 50,000 mourners have already visited St Peter's Basilica to pay their respects, where Francis lies in state in a ...

Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88, with his funeral due to take place on Saturday morning at St Peter’s Square in Rome ...

IN DISTRICT COURT SOUTH CENTRAL JUDICIAL DISTRICT Case No. 30-2019-CV-00180 SPECIAL VERDICT FORM This is the Special Verdict form on which the Court gave instructions. You are required to make a ...

On July 4, he penned his first dispatch to Bennett in the form of a 5,000-word letter ... Stanley sent his dispatch with a caravan going east with instructions to give it to the American consul ...

In his brief final testament, Pope Francis asked to be buried at Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major and said he had offered ...

Pope Francis left clear instructions for his funeral, asking for a simple and unadorned tomb inside the Roman basilica, Santa Maria Maggiore. Francis passed away on Easter Monday following a ...

The Pope requested a "simple" tomb bearing only the inscription "Franciscus", according to his final testament.

The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to choose the new pope. Here's what happens next.