The funeral Mass will likely be celebrated inside St Peter’s, because of the late winter weather, and there is also the ...

The deceased pope will be dressed in his simple white cassock and red vestments, then placed in a simple wooden coffin. This ...

Students talk about the only pope they've really known. Others speak of Francis's words on mercy, solidarity and forgiveness.

According to the Commission of Nigeria, only one of the four Cardinals in Nigeria is eligible to vote and be elected to the Papal Conclave. The rule states that cardinals above 80 are disqualified ...

One of the pontiff's last acts was to simplify papal rites, stripping away elaborate rituals and scaling back ceremonial pomp ...

Pope Francis died at 7:35 a.m. (Rome time) on Easter Monday, 21 April 2025 at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta. This was announced from Casa Santa Marta at 9:45 a.m. by ...

Pope Francis’ body was transferred to St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Wednesday, April 23, allowing mourners to pay ...

Peruvian nun Alba Socola waited in line for almost five hours with thousands of other Catholics on Wednesday to enter St. Peter's Basilica and give her final farewell to the late Pope Francis.

A change in popes is a complicated process. Here are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of ...

With the death of Pope Francis, attention now turns to the selection of his successor. The next pope will be chosen in what is called a “conclave,” a Latin word meaning “ a room that can be locked up ...

This is Chaplain Harry, state chaplain with the Disabled American Veterans reading from 1 Peter 2:24 where it says, "He himself bore our sins" in his body on the cross, ...