Simply put, a conclave is the assembly of cardinals that elects a pope. The word itself comes from the Latin "com" and ...

Catholic cardinals on Wednesday performed the ritual ceremony to transfer Pope Francis’ body from his home in the Vatican ...

Francis first lay in state in the Santa Marta Domus in a private viewing for Vatican ... just placed on the main altar of the 16th-century basilica, simply facing the pews. Italian police have ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who is running the Vatican administration until Francis' successor is elected, presided over the ceremony in the chapel of the Domus Santa Marta hotel where Francis lived.

Pallbearers lower the body of Pope Francis, dressed in red liturgical vestments and lying in an open casket, before the Altar ...

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