Hundreds of thousands of people from around the world gathered in St. Peter’s Square Saturday morning to say a final goodbye to Pope Francis.

The choice of the basilica was also symbolically significant given its ties to Francis’ Jesuit religious order. St. Ignatius Loyola, who founded the Jesuits, celebrated his first Mass in the basilica ...

VATICAN CITY - Presidents, royalty and simple mourners bade farewell to Pope Francis on Saturday (April 26) at a solemn funeral ceremony, where a cardinal appealed for the pontiff's legacy of caring ...

Over three days this week, more than 250,000 people stood for hours in line to pay their final respects while Francis’ body lay in state in St. Peter’s Basilica.