Following the announcement of Pope Francis's death on Monday morning, April 21, the bells of Saint Peter's Basilica tolled ...

About 200 of the 266 men to hold the title of pope hailed from within the borders of Italy. Here is a look at others, like Pope Francis, who didn't.

A large crowd of mourners gathered in St Peter's Square at the Vatican to attend a rosary for Pope Francis, who died of a ...

Pope Francis died Monday at the age of 88. As tributes pour in from around the world, the Vatican faces a transition.

Later in the morning, local Churches started tolling the death knell from their bell towers. The request had come from ...

Church bells rang across Italy yesterday to mark the passing of Pope Francis. Footage shows bells tolling at the Monastery of Santa Chiara in Imperia shortly after it was announced that the pontiff, ...

Pope Francis stipulated that he be laid to rest at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major, where six other popes are buried.

While firmly part of Italy for more than a century, influences from that rich and complicated past can be seen in the ...

Despite the death of Pope Francis, a reconfigured Jubilee of Teenagers will still take place in Rome from April 25–27.