Cardinals this week will start in-depth discussions on planning the conclave to choose Pope Francis' successor.

The cardinals eligible to vote for the new pope will gather in the coming weeks and enter seclusion to secretly vote for the new bishop of Rome.

Francis, who shunned much of the pomp and privilege of the papacy, asked to be buried at Santa Maria Maggiore - rather than ...

It is rare for a pope to be buried outside the Vatican, and Francis is the first to do so since Pope Leo XIII in 1903.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of young people from around the world had come to Rome expecting to rejoice this weekend in the ...

Crowds have begun to visit Pope Francis' tomb at the Santa Maria Maggiore basilica in Rome on April 27, a day after he was ...

A sea of mourners watched on, as the Vatican bid a final farewell to Pope Francis last night. The 88-year-old pontiff has now been laid to rest at Rome's Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. Hundreds of ...

As the world mourns Pope Francis, who was laid to rest amid an outpouring of grief, attention shifts to the conclave where ...