The cardinals -- at least, those under 80 years old -- vote for as long as it takes to elect Pope Francis' successor.

According to Vatican estimates, some 250,000 people flocked to the funeral Mass at the Vatican and 150,000 more lined the motorcade route through downtown Rome to witness the first funeral procession ...

On April 26, the Vatican bid farewell to Pope Francis, who was buried at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. According to a broadcast of the farewell ceremony and the Holy See Press Office, the ...

About 250,000 mourners in Vatican City fell into hushed silence on Saturday morning as the funeral for Pope Francis began. The church choir echoed through loudspeakers across the city-state. Some ...

Francis, who took his name after Saint Francis of Assisi, was known for his outreach to the poor and those in poverty and ...

Pope Francis was laid to rest in Rome Saturday after a Vatican funeral for the "pope among the people" attended by hundreds of thousands of mourners and world leaders including US President Donald ...

Pope Francis was laid to rest inside his favourite Rome church, Santa Maria Maggiore in Italy, after a funeral mass at St. Peter’s Square According to the Vatican, Pope Francis is the first in over a ...

Pope Francis was laid to rest in private in St. Mary Major Basilica. Security was tightened in Rome as world leaders attended ...

Pope Francis will be buried in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. According to his wishes, the tombstone, crafted from marble sourced from Italy's Liguria region, bears only the inscription ...

Pope Francis’ ring and seal ... After the funeral service, the pope will be laid to rest. Traditionally, popes are buried in three nesting coffins; one made of cypress wood, one of lead ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — World dignitaries and Catholic faithful attended Pope Francis’ funeral in St ... Pallbearers paused before the icon of the Madonna that Francis revered in a final salute, and four ...