VATICAN CITY (AP) — The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the ...

Pope Francis, who died at age 88, opted to break papal tradition and be buried in a different location. Here's where.

Once entombed in gold, they were later mummified and stayed hidden until ... long process that was completed in time for a ...

Since it was exhumed, the body of John was effectively "mummified," as one technician put it. Pope John was known as the "Good Pope" through his reign from 1958 to 1963 because of his jovial and ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88 after a 12-year papacy. The death of the pontiff has set off mourning across the Catholic world and days of ritual at the Vatican.

Gene Hackman death investigator reveals gruesome details about mummified bodies Earlier today, the Vatican said the pope had "rested well," on what was his 17th night spent at Rome's Gemelli Hospital.