Pope Francis’s tweaks are mostly focused on simplifying the ceremonies and eliminating unnecessary ornamentation. For example, he requested that the Vatican use just one coffin for the body of a ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his successor begins. They involve the certification of death and public ...

This exhibition explores dandyism as both a pronouncement and a provocation.” It is fitting then that the dress code this ...

Pope Francis' funeral rites, like those for any pope or any Christian, are meant to "reinforce the hope and witness to the faith" that those who have been baptized in Christ "will rise with him to new ...

Pope Francis, who died on Monday, revised various rites last year, simplifying the funeral rituals to emphasize his role as a ...

A pope's death sets in motion a series of rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his successor begins. Here's ...

Pope Francis died after a 12-year papacy and will now be buried in a simpler funeral than that staged after the death of Pope ...