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.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — World dignitaries and Catholic faithful attended Pope Francis’ funeral in St. Peter’s Square on Saturday. Despite the presence of presidents and princes, prisoners and ...

While the Vatican has not released official details yet, Polish pontiff John Paul II's funeral in 2005 offers insights into seating arrangements. Joe Biden and Donald Trump will be at Pope Francis ...

Pope Francis died on April 21, 2025. Many world leaders are expected to attend his funeral in Vatican City, including ...

The bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled to mark the end of the funeral of Pope Francis in Vatican City, where tens of thousands of mourners gathered to give a final send-off to a pontiff who ...

(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Dean of the College of Cardinals Giovanni Battista Re blesses the coffin during the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Saturday, April 26 ...

More than 150,000 people made their way into St Peter’s Basilica earlier this week where the late pontiff lay in state ahead of the funeral. But where his predecessors John Paul II and Benedict ...