The chapel next to where Francis was being buried is home to a Byzantine-style icon of the Madonna, the Salus Populi Romani.

World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his ...

Francis choreographed the funeral himself when he revised and simplified the Vatican’s rites and rituals last year.

Over three days this week, more than 250,000 people stood for hours in line to pay their final respects while Francis’ body ...

World dignitaries and Catholic faithful have attended Pope Francis’ funeral in St. Peter’s Square. Despite the presence of ...

Though presidents and princes attended the Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Saturday, prisoners and migrants welcomed Francis’ ...

World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his ...

Even before he became pope, Francis had a particular affection for St. Mary Major, home to a Byzantine-style icon of the ...

The body of a saint who died in Seattle is said to have been "incorrupt," having not decomposed in 27 years. How is this ...

The last people to say goodbye to Pope Francis before he was buried consisted of a group of poor people, transgender people and prisoners, who met his coffin on the steps of St. Mary Major ...