Hundreds of thousands converged on Vatican City to pay tribute to the late pontiff, who died at the age of 88 on Monday.

The Vatican has released the first photos that show Pope Francis lying in state after the head of the Catholic church died on Easter ... April 23 into the adjacent St. Peter's Basilica in a ...

Pope Francis, who died Monday at the age of 88 after 12 years as the head of the Roman Catholic Church ... morning in St. Peter's Square in front of the Papal Basilica in Vatican City.

planning the conclave to elect his successor and making other decisions about running the Catholic Church. The Vatican's photos show Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin and other top ...

Among the regular pilgrims, tourists and assorted onlookers were groups of nuns. There are around 600,000 Catholic nuns around the world, and they dedicate their lives to a variety of religious ...

Pope Tawadros II, the head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church, and Pope Leo XIV, head of the Vatican, praised Egypt’s ...

Pope Leo XIV appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. Pope Leo XIV appears on ...

In a short address in Italian, Pope Leo praised cycling as an important sport, reminding the world-class athletes that they ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first ever U.S. pope .