The rite began in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta and ended with the Holy Father’s body before the Altar of Confession in ...

Pope Francis was brought in solemn procession to St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday morning, where the late pontiff will lie in state for three days for mourners to pay their final respects and ...

As younger generations in Scranton are attending church and diving into their faith during Holy Week, Father Tudgay says he ...

St. Peter’s Basilica, including the Vatican Grottoes ... Among them are: Gregory XII (1406-1415), buried in the Cathedral of Recanati, in the Marche region; Saint Celestine V, buried in the ...

So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all night due to higher-than-expected ...

April 24 (UPI) --Vatican authorities kept St. Peter's Basilica open all night as an estimated 50,000 people lined up around St. Peter's Square and out of the Vatican City into Rome for a chance to ...