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

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 ...

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.

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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 ...

Even the moment of the formal verification of the pope’s death takes place in the context of a prayer service “at home” in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae where he lived. The Vatican said that ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

Pope Francis, who served as the leader of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025, has died at the age of 88.