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' deliberate choices set a new precedent that could reshape how future popes are memorialized. By discarding ornate traditions—including the use of three nested coffins and burial in the ...

Donald Trump and the UN chief among guests to attend funeral ceremonies for the Catholic Church’s late pontiff.

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the camerlengo, will preside at the Rite of Sealing of the Coffin beginning at 8 p.m. Rome time on ...

World leaders and the Catholic faithful from around ... by news networks around the globe. Until the funeral, his body, dressed in papal vestments, will lie in state at St. Peter’s Basilica.