Seven days of official mourning were declared to honor Francis in Argentina, but they won’t ... but Buenos Aires will remember him. A homemade flag at the cathedral linked Francis and San ...

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and ...

A funeral will be held on Saturday for the pope, who changed the rules to make such ceremonies simpler than those ...

Pope Francis died of a stroke and irreversible heart failure, according to the death certificate released by the Vatican.

Flags flew at half-mast on government buildings, and official days of mourning began in several countries, including India, Italy, Brazil, Lebanon, and the pope's homeland, Argentina. The ...

Flags at the White House and federal buildings ... “It is the custom that the nine days following the death of a pope are observed as official days of mourning at the Vatican and throughout ...

The changes, official said, were meant to honor the wishes ... Some wrapped themselves in national flags — Brazil, Lebanon, Australia — while others carried banners honoring Francis.

Rome is always teeming, and Easter usually kicks off the long tourist season. Up to 250,000 are expected to attend the Pope's ...