With the death of Pope Francis, announced by the Vatican on Monday, the Roman Catholic Church will begin elaborate rituals ...

With the death of Pope Francis, announced by the Vatican on Monday, the Roman Catholic Church will begin elaborate rituals ...

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

Pope Francis was known for his compassion towards the poor and his simplicity. When he visited Kenya in 2015, he was driven ...

Some of the top candidates, ranked by Italian Vatican watcher Gaetano Masciullo and Vaticanists Edward Pentin and Diane ...

The late pontiff’s body will lie in state for public viewing from Wednesday, followed by a funeral on Saturday.

Instead, the pope will be on view in a simple coffin ... White smoke emanates from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel. After this signal, the balcony doors of St. Peter’s Basilica will open.

The Catholic College of Cardinals convening to elect a new pope is one of the oldest methods of electing a head of state that remains in use to the present day.

People around the world are looking to pay their respects to Pope Francis after the pontiff passed away at the age of 88 on ...

The senior elector amongst the cardinal deacons, currently French Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, steps on to the central ...

He asked that his body not be put on display atop a raised platform, or catafalque, in St. Peter’s Basilica for visitors in Rome to view ... is held in the Sistine Chapel.

The cardinal protodeacon, the most senior by appointment, will announce the election of Pope Francis's successor from the balcony of ... the chimney of the Sistine Chapel that marks the election ...