Pope Francis will make late teen Carlo Acutis the Catholic Church’s first millennial and digital saint next year.

He is foregoing a centuries-old practice of burying popes in three interlocking caskets made of cypress, lead and oak. Read ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday announced the date of two saints to be canonized in 2025, including the first millennial saint.

Since his 2013 election, Francis has eschewed the pomp often associated with the papacy to emphasize his role as the bishop ...

The Vatican had to work out a funeral for a retired pope, and a few months later Francis revealed he was working with the ...

Francis earlier revealed that he decided he would be buried in Santa Maria Maggiore basilica in Rome, not in the grottoes ...