A look at the centuries-old tradition of burying popes in three coffins — and why Pope Francis decided to simplify his own burial rites.

In his final will, Francis said he wanted to be buried at St. Mary Major Basilica, which is home to the Salus Populi Romani ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell presided over the first ritual of Francis's funeral rites, known as the “rite of the ascertainment of death and deposition in the coffin.” ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, a cardinal from the United States has become acting head of the Vatican until a new ...

The Vatican has released the first solemn images of Pope Francis lying in repose inside his private chapel. Dressed in red vestments with a rosary in hand and a bishop’s mitre crowning his head, the ...