The funeral rites take place in three parts, called stations. The first takes place in the pope’s private chapel, after ...

Despite the papal tradition of a St. Peter’s Basilica burial, it’s expected that Pope Francis will be laid to rest elsewhere, ...

The faithful converged on Francis’ other spiritual home, St. John Lateran, to pay their respects and process the passing of their diocesan leader.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who served as Pope Francis’s secretary of state, stands by the pope’s coffin in the chapel of his ...

Many of the rituals and procedures of selecting a new pope — designed to ensure secrecy and an orderly transition — have ...

The pope's death comes one day after Francis, 88, greeted Easter Sunday crowds in his popemobile. He had battled a ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

The prayer rituals for the formal recognition of his death April 21, his funeral and eight memorial Mass are designed as ...

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

Pope Francis, a reformer who rattled the Catholic Church's conservatives and inspired some progressives, has died.

The passing of Pope Francis came as a shock to the world, one that will have an impact on various aspects of everyday life ...

Andres Brito appeared solemn Monday after paying his respects to Pope Francis at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, where the entrance was draped in black fabric as a sign of mourning ...