Pope Francis will be laid to rest April 26 at Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major, in keeping with his final wishes. The ...

Until 1903, when Pope Pius X took charge of the Holy See, a pope's organs were routinely removed after death and kept as relics at Rome's Church of Saints Anastasio and Vincent near the Trevi ...

A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius VII in 1809 ... opposition to his rule. Pius VII's predecessor, Pius VI, fared even worse than him.