VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The funeral Mass of Pope Francis will be ... On Tuesday, the first images of the pope’s body were released by the Vatican. They showed Francis in a wooden casket, in ...

The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis’s funeral will be held on Saturday (April 26) and released images of the pontiff lying in a simple wooden open casket in the chapel of the Santa Marta ...

Pope Francis' funeral has been scheduled for 10 a.m. local ... On Tuesday, the Vatican released the first photos and video of Francis since his death, showing him in the wooden coffin wearing ...

Pope Francis, who passed away today at age 88, made history when he was elected pope. Not only was he the first Jesuit pope, he was the first pope from South America—the first pope from the ...

That concludes our coverage of Pope Francis' funeral. More than 250,000 mourners attended as a service was held in Vatican City, Rome, including 249 delegations from across the world. Aerial views ...

And so a look at the images reveals objects and figures that embody long-held traditions of the church. Last year, Francis simplified the procedures for a papal funeral, specifying that only one ...

There, the body of the late pontiff will lie in state for the next three days before his official funeral Saturday. During that time, the pinstriped Swiss Guards will stand guard as the public ...

The photos showed him in a wooden casket, in red vestments and his bishop’s miter, with the Vatican secretary of state praying over him in the chapel of the Domus Santa Marta hotel where he lived.

Pope Francis died after stroke, cardiac arrest Francis championed the poor, clashed with traditionalists Funeral to be held Saturday in St. Peter's Square US President Trump, Ukraine president set ...