Early Saturday morning, Pope Francis’ Coffin arrived at St. Mary Major, his final resting place. The faithful began filing ...

Many of the traditions that will dictate Pope Francis’s funeral date back more than 2,000 years. They are compiled in a tome ...

After thousands of people passed by the body of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica, the casket was sealed in a private ...

For over 600 years carpets from Turkey and Iran have been used in Catholic ceremony and religious paintings by artists, ...

PARIS, France (AFP) — As the funeral of Pope Francis is held today in Rome, we look at some of the funerals of other public ...

The pope’s unadorned tomb, marked by a single Latin word — Franciscus — was intended, a cleric said, to reflect a life of ...

The use of Persian carpets in papal funeral proceedings may seem like a surprising choice—that is, to those unaware of the long history of carpets from the Islamic world in Christian contexts.

From the rudimentary camera phones that snapped blurry photos of John Paul II's body, to AI images of Pope Francis, even the ...

People pay their respects to Pope Francis inside St. Peter's Basilica Friday. Francis' funeral took place Saturday in St. Peter's Square with royalty, presidents, prime ministers, and a legion of ...

Trump, Zelensky, Biden, Prince William. But also Melania Trump, Queen Letizia, and Giorgia Meloni. Over 160 national and ...

Pope Francis' sometimes tumultuous papacy will be honoured on Saturday with a funeral Mass in St Peter's Square, which will ...