Even before Saturday's funeral service for Pope Francis at the Vatican, the leader known as "the People's Pope" had already broken with some traditions in the ways pontiffs are laid to rest.

The funeral of Pope Francis is a significant event. It blends religious tradition with global leadership. The ceremony takes place in Vatican City. Dignitaries and mourners from across the globe ...

Donald Trump was one of the first world leaders to announce that he would attend the funeral of Pope Francis. US President Donald Trump will attend Pope Francis' funeral along with First Lady ...

World leaders and Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for people on the “most peripheral of the peripheries” and reflected his ...

With dozens of foreign delegations attending, some from hostile countries, the funeral’s seating arrangements presented a possible nightmare for Vatican planners. By Emma Bubola Reporting from ...

ROME — President Donald Trump, a man who cares deeply about where he is placed on a seating chart, seemed pleased to score a plum front-row seat at Pope Francis’s funeral in Vatican City on ...

The funeral has been set for Saturday at 10 a.m. local time (4 a.m. ET) in St. Peter’s Square and will be attended by leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President ...

A day after greeting churchgoers and people who assembled at an Easter service, Pope Francis died at age 88. Mourners from around the world have descended on St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City ...

VATICAN CITY — As pilgrims and world leaders alike prepare to say goodbye to Pope Francis at his funeral Saturday, Rome is racing to get ready. The city is blocking off roads and calling in ...

Haunting chants and some 200,000 faithful embraced by Bernini’s colonnade. In a solemn and majestic funeral that ended moments ago, the Roman Catholic Church laid to rest Pope Francis ...