The rite of the closing of the coffin took place at 8 p.m. local time Friday at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, officials said. During the rite, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, interim manager of the Vatican ...

Francis is buried in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome. LONDON and ROME -- The Vatican released photos of the tomb of Pope Francis, who was buried on Saturday in the Basilica of St. Mary ...

The cardinals were followed by thousands of mourners from every walk of life, many waiting four hours or longer to see the ... the Vatican released the first photos and video of Francis since ...

After lying in state in St. Peter's Basilica, Pope ... Francis died at age 88 of a stroke and irreversible heart failure, Vatican doctor Andrea Arcangeli said in a death certificate released ...

Pope Francis, the first pontiff from the Americas, died Easter Monday at age 88, about a month after he was released from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where he had spent 38 days battling a bilateral ...

Pope Francis’ tomb is made of Ligurian (Italian) marble with the sole inscription “FRANCISCUS” and a reproduction of his pectoral cross, according to new details released by the Vatican.

At his funeral, Pope Francis was remembered and venerated as a pontiff with "strength and serenity" who modeled his pontificate on St. Francis of Assisi. The dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni ...

“Dear Pope Francis, we now ask you to pray for ... died one day after Easter and nearly a month after his release from a hospital. His cause of death was a cerebral stroke that led to a coma ...

Pope Francis died on April 21, 2025. Many world leaders are expected to attend his funeral in Vatican City, including President Donald Trump, Prince William, and President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The Italian government says as many as 200,000 people joined the ceremony, and the Vatican released ... pope. In his homily, Re said Francis "often used the image of the Church as a 'field ...