Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI are among the elected bishops of Rome who have led the Catholic Church ...

Pope Francis died on April 21, 2025. Many world leaders are expected to attend his funeral in Vatican City, including ...

Pope Francis's funeral begins at 10 a.m. local time (4 a.m. Eastern, 1 a.m. Pacific) at the Vatican, outside St. Peter's ...

Watch live coverage of Pope Francis’ funeral ceremony at the Vatican on NBC News. Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at age ...

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

More than 250,000 people paid their respects to the pontiff at his funeral in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said ...

The Society of Jesus is a Roman Catholic order founded in 1540 by Saint Ignatius of Loyola committed to spirituality and social action.

Pope Francis was laid to rest on Saturday following his death at the age of 88, with around 200,000 mourners gathering in ...

The bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled to mark the end of the funeral Mass in Vatican City, where mourners joined in a ...

Dozens of heads of state attended the funeral service for Pope Francis, who died Monday at age 88, at St. Peter’s Square ...

The late Pope Francis continued his legacy as an open-armed trailblazer by opening the sacred portal of the Vatican and dying ...