Francis-era reforms that saw a diverse group of cardinals join the mix make his successor nearly impossible to call.

They came from around the world to rejoice in the naming of the first millennial saint but ended up bidding farewell to Pope ...

As part of Francis’ push to simplify the papal funeral rites, his body is in a single wooden coffin lined with zinc, rather ...

The pope’s unadorned tomb, marked by a single Latin word — Franciscus — was intended, a cleric said, to reflect a life of ...

While Francis’ funeral processions have broken with tradition in a variety of ways — including allowing the public to view ...

Pope Francis's funeral ... or “death bed” – as happened with both John Paul II and Benedict XVI. Francis will lie in public ...

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Pope Francis’s funeral is set to reflect ... into sea But where his predecessors St John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI lied ...

Pope Francis passed away on Monday, aged 88. Born Jorge Bergoglio, the pope held the title of archbishop of Rome and head of ...

The coffin of Pope Francis has been sealed in a private ceremony held by the Vatican ahead of Saturday’s funeral after ...

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

The earthly remains of most of history’s 266 popes (plus some European royals) are buried in Rome—in dozens of catacombs and ...