The pope’s schedule often included time for visiting prisons, hosting audiences in St. Peter’s Square and blessing newlywed ...

The Vatican on Thursday opened the most solemn period of Holy Week with a recovering Pope Francis largely on the sidelines, ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the senior Vatican official who announced Pope Francis' death on Monday morning, will serve as head of the Catholic Church until a new pope is elected, according to the Vatican ...

Pope Francis, still recovering from double pneumonia, did not attend an annual procession on Friday at Rome's Colosseum with ...

There are time-honoured rituals, some shrouded in secrecy, and a series of carefully planned events that are likely to take ...

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, who died on Monday, revised various rites last year, simplifying the funeral rituals to emphasize his role as a ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

for the second time in his 12-year papacy VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis, still recovering from double pneumonia, did not attend an annual procession on Friday, April 18, at Rome’s Colosseum ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

VATICAN CITY, April 18 (Reuters) - Pope Francis, still recovering from double pneumonia, did not attend an annual procession on Friday at Rome's Colosseum with thousands of Catholic faithful for ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Thursday opened the most solemn period of Holy Week with a recovering Pope Francis largely ... Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) procession on Friday night at ...