Each elector swears an oath to protect the church’s freedom and the secrecy of the conclave. As the last oath is complete, ...

The night before the funeral, the camerlengo will preside over the closing and sealing of the coffin in the presence of other ...

Pope Francis' death sparks Vatican's secretive process to elect next pontiff, impacting cardinals, priests, and Catholics ...

The burial of a pope follows a solemn and symbolic process. Here’s a guide to the declaration of death, burial site, casket, ...

A papal conclave will be formed with members locked inside the Sistine Chapel to take part in a very secretive voting process ...

After the death of the pope, the director of the Vatican’s health services — currently Dr. Andrea Arcangeli — examines the ...

The ceremonial guide that the Vatican follows is called the “Ordo Exsequiarum Romani Pontificis,” or “Rite of Burial for ...

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, the first Latin American pope, died following recent hospitalizations, a day after delivering his final Easter ...

Pope Francis, the first pontiff from Latin America, whose warm, humble, no-nonsense manner galvanized the Roman Catholic ...

Now that Pope Francis has died, the Catholic world will enter nine days of mourning. Senior Catholic officials across the ...

Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century church in Rome.