Pope Francis will be laid to rest April 26 at Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major, in keeping with his final wishes. The decision breaks a 300-year tradition of papal burials at St. Peter’s Basilica in ...

On the night of his election on March 13, 2013, Pope Francis told the assembled faithful from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica that “tomorrow I wish to go and pray to the Madonna.” And so he did, ...

With St. Peter’s, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, it is one of four basilicas in Rome granted special status by ...

Pope Clement XIV is also buried in the Basilica of the Twelve Holy Apostles in Rome.

Experience a breathtaking drone journey across the four Papal Basilicas of Rome: St. Peter’s Basilica, St. John Lateran, St.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has met briefly with Pope Francis on Easter Sunday as the pontiff recovers from pneumonia.

Alongside the gossip and the gallows humor, the ancient and solemn rituals continue,” Chiara Barzini writes from Italy.

The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to choose the new pope. Here's what happens next.

Although a papal funeral has traditionally been an elaborate affair, Pope Francis approved plans to make it less complex ...

Photograph by Dave Yoder, Nat Geo Image Collection Seen presiding over Mass at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, Pope Francis celebrates the Solemnity of the Conversion of St. Paul.

He spent a total of 17 minutes inside Vatican City on Sunday before celebrating Mass at St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome. “I pray for you every day,” Vance told the pope just before his ...