When Heraclius was elected anti-pope by his faction, it led to upheaval in Rome, leading the emperor to cast the leaders out of the city.

(RNS) — Pilgrims coming to Rome will have the opportunity to see the newly restored tomb of one of the first Catholic popes.

Notre Dame rang the bells at the Basilica Thursday afternoon in celebration of the announcement of a new pope. Father Dowd presided over a special Mass of Thanksgiving for Pope Leo at 5:15 ...

Thousands of faithful gathered since from early hours of Sunday at Rome's Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major to pray and pay their respects to Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday.

Full order of service for Pope Francis's funeral More than 200,000 people are expected to attend Pope Francis's funeral in St Peter's Square. He will then be buried in Rome's Basilica of Santa ...

Tens of thousands file into St. Peter’s Basilica to pay final respects to Pope Francis The Vatican said more than 90,000 people had bid farewell to the pontiff by Thursday evening at the ...

VATICAN CITY — So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter's Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all night due to higher ...

Vatican City (CNN) — The body of Pope Francis is lying in state in St. Peter’s Basilica, where it will remain for three days until his funeral Saturday, expected to be attended by world ...

Thousands flooded through the walls of Vatican City as a procession of cardinals and pallbearers took the body of the late pontiff into St. Peter's Basilica.

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

The Santa Maria Maggiore basilica, which Pope Francis chose as his final resting place, is a fifth-century church located in the center of Rome that already holds the tombs of seven popes.