In life, Pope Francis ... his predecessors Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict. But in death, Francis will follow many of John Paul’s footsteps. The demise of the first Argentine to lead the ...

Rosalynn Carter, the American first lady, arrived for the funeral of Pope Paul ... for Pope John Paul II in 2005. The service, usually held between the fourth and the sixth day after the pope ...

The exhibit, entitled “‘The Happiest Day of My Life’: Divine Mercy with Saint John Paul II and Saint Faustina,” expresses the ...

Saturday’s funeral will kick off the traditional Novendiales, nine consecutive days of mourning for the suffrage of the late ...

It was just a year into his time as pope that John Paul II made his first trip to the United States, creating memories that many Iowans won’t soon forget.

The late Pope Francis continued his legacy as an open-armed trailblazer by opening the sacred portal of the Vatican and dying ...

Francis moderated the authoritarianism of his predecessors but more change is needed; the cardinals must elect someone who ...

When Pope John Paul II died in 2005, his body first laid in ... the term itself is Latin for "locked room." The conclave's first day begins with a special mass, a procession of voting age ...

Most are governed by a constitution known as Universi Dominici Gregis (Of the Lord's Whole Flock) approved by Pope John Paul II in 1996 ... Except for the first day of the conclave, when there ...

As per John Paul II’s 1996 document on the election of ... was an image Francis was particularly devoted to. On his first day as pope in 2013, he slipped out of the Vatican to pray at the ...

The cardinals participate in a secret vote once on the first day of the conclave and four ... According to the Archdiocese of Boston, Pope John Paul II introduced a change to the voting process ...