Spread This NewsBy CNN THRONGS of mourners are gathering in Vatican City and lining the streets of Rome on Saturday to give a final send-off to Pope Francis, who will be remembered as a champion of ...

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is leading a bipartisan delegation of senators to Rome for the funeral. Collins, who met the ...

Lulu Roman, the 'Hee Haw' personality who went from drug-using comedic go-go dancer to gospel singer, has died in Bellingham, ...

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.

Inside the basilica, people were more somber. And before the casket, the sense of prayer became palpable. There was a feeling ...

Pope Francis’ more than 12-year pontificate deeply resonated with the people of God in Africa, with one exception related to ...

After an estimated 250,000 people had passed by the body of Pope Francis, lying in an open casket in front of the main altar ...

As the first Latin American pontiff, the legacy of Pope Francis in the region is complex, according to analysts consulted by ...

Beloved Hee Haw comedian and gospel singer Lulu Roman, who amused viewers weekly with her direct delivery and over-the-top attire, died unexpectedly Wednesday evening, April 23. She was 78. Louise ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A group of 40 people, including migrants, the incarcerated, homeless people and transgender people, will ...

COMMENTARY: The mercy of God is invoked at any Catholic funeral, and Divine Mercy has been a mainstay of papal life for 25 ...

ROME — Pope Francis will be the first pontiff in more than a century to be buried outside the Vatican Grottoes. After his ...