The Hong Kong Catholic Church has said it will continue to serve as a bridge between mainland China and the Holy See, while observers expect the local diocese to further foster the more harmonious ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Vatican camerlengo, read the announcement of the pope's death from the chapel of the Domus Santa Marta, where Francis lives. He was accompanied by Cardinal Pietro ...

Beijing on Tuesday expressed condolences over the death of Pope Francis and reiterated its willingness to continue improving relations with the Vatican. But experts caution that the future of ...

In a small ceremony, Vatican officials followed the path long taken when a pope dies. By Alan Yuhas Before mourners in their thousands gather in St. Peter’s Square to grieve, before leaders from ...

Vatican publishes death certificate, pontiff’s request to be buried at Basilica of St Mary Major in Rome. A man holds a copy of a special edition of the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano ...

Pope Francis, 88, died Monday morning at the Vatican. The pope's last public appearance was on Easter Sunday at St. Peter's Square. Vice President JD Vance had just met with the pope on Sunday.

Following Pope Francis’ death at age 88 on Easter Monday, the Vatican carried out the first stage in the papal funeral rites, called “the rite of the ascertainment of death and deposition in ...

A MUSEUM is a building where objects of historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interest are stored and exhibited. As an institution, a museum is dedicated to preserving and interpreting the ...

The Vatican is sharing new details about Pope Francis' final hours before he died of a stroke early on Monday, April 21. Among his final words in the day before dying, the church said, were "thank ...

Following Pope Francis's death on Easter Monday, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Vatican's camerlengo, announced the news and assumed leadership during the 'sede vacante.' Farrell will oversee the ...

The Vatican on Tuesday released the first photos of Pope Francis after his death, showing him dressed in red vestments and lying in a simple wooden coffin inside the chapel of the Santa Marta ...