American Kielce Gussie, who works as a journalist at Vatican News, did the first reading -- several verses from the Acts of ...

Though presidents and princes attended the Mass in St. Peter's Square, prisoners and migrants will welcome him into the basilica across town where he will be laid to rest.

Francis, who took his name after Saint Francis of Assisi, was known for his outreach to the poor and those in poverty and that will be reflected in his minimalist burial at Saint Mary Major. He is the ...