The funeral of Pope Francis will be held on Saturday in St Peter’s Square. Until then, his body, kept in an open coffin, will ...

Take a flight high above the heart of Vatican City with this captivating drone footage, showcasing the grandeur of St.

The funeral of Pope Francis captures a fundamental visual and ideological tension within Catholicism.

In centuries past, the cardinals slept in corridors and rooms of the Apostolic Palace itself during the conclave ...

Catholic cardinals performed the ritual ceremony on Wednesday to transfer Pope Francis’ body from his home in the Vatican hotel to St. Peter’s Basilica to offer three days of public viewing ...

A man uses his photo to capture images as he waits in line with other to view Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter’s ...

For centuries, St. Peter’s Basilica has been the preferred final ... the 17th-century sculptor and architect. The tombs were restored this year, revealing gilded decorations that had been ...

More recently popes have usually been buried in St Peter's Basilica. One of four papal basilicas in Rome, Santa Maria Maggiore also holds the remains of several other renowned figures, such as the ...