News

Pope Francis' funeral rites to take place in 3 parts. Here's what will happen.
Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century church in Rome.
Pope Francis’ burial plans differ drastically from his predecessors
The beloved pontiff, who died on Monday at 88 following a lengthy battle of double pneumonia, made changes to his funeral ...
Archaeologists Excavated an Ancient Temple—and Found 2,500-Year-Old Tombs
The latest work—led by the Archaeological Preservation and Registration sector of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Archaeology, the ...
What’s Involved in a Papal Funeral?
Inside the Vatican, the ritual begins when the director of the Vatican’s health department is summoned to certify the pontiff’s death. The camerlengo, who runs the Vatican from the moment a pope dies ...
The rites and rituals following the death of a pope, his funeral and burial, explained
The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...