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The simple wooden casket was transported in a popemobile-style pickup truck and greeted to applause and cheers of ‘goodbye, ...

Under clear spring skies and surrounded by thousands of faithful gathered in a St. Peter’s Square adorned with vibrant yellow ...

We must look for him without ceasing,” the pope’s prepared text emphasized. “Because if he has risen from the dead, then he ...

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

Catholics around the world are mourning the death of Pope Francis, who passed away Monday morning at the age of 88, while ...

Credit: Melissa Hartog/EWTN In the days ... is not only a time of prayer but also of preparation. Throughout the Novendiales, the College of Cardinals gathers daily for general congregations ...

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

Four daily ballots will be held until a successor ... Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah attending a prayer at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Victories in Dakar, December 4, 2023. AFP via Getty Images ...

Rooted in ancient Christian and Roman customs, the Novendiales is a period of nine consecutive days dedicated to mourning the ...

Pope Francis had been released from the hospital just weeks earlier following a 38-day battle with double pneumonia ...