The death or resignation of a pope starts a conclave, a centuries-old ritual of electing a successor that involves sacred oaths, Latin chants and the piercing of ballots with a needle and thread after ...

Hyderabad: Cardinal Poola Anthony will be leaving for the Vatican in the early hours of Friday to take part in the funeral ...

Turnout among the faithful to say their goodbyes to the late pontiff at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome has been much higher ...

Bells rang out as the Pope's coffin was carried across St Peter's Square to lie in state ahead of the funeral on Saturday.

Mourners stood in line for hours on Thursday to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, whose body is lying in state in St.