Exit tourists. Enter cardinals. The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to elect the next pope after the death of Pope Francis on April 21 at age 88.

Pope Francis's modest tomb drew massive queues on the first day of public viewing in Rome on Sunday, a day after an estimated ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus returned home early Monday, wrapping up his week-long engagements in Rome, Italy and Doha, Qatar.

Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary ...

A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.”It implies the<a ...

Presidents, royalty, pilgrims attend funeral Mass Vatican estimates crowd of 250,000 at the event Pope’s casket taken through ...

World leaders from 160 nations as well as members of the royal families of Europe joined a congregation of 200,000 Romans and ...

Hundreds of thousands of mourners — monarchs and presidents, cardinals and sisters, Jubilee pilgrims and tourists — turned ...

Typically, popes are laid to rest beneath St. Peter's Basilica. On Saturday, Francis became the first Catholic leader in over ...

The Diocese of Austin held a service to honor the late Pope Francis, with parishioners reflecting on his legacy and preparing ...