Nine masses in honor of the deceased pontiff, including the one held at the Saturday funeral, will mark the countdown until ...

Pope Francis’ funeral is scheduled for Saturday at 10 a.m. local time in St. Peter’s Square and will be led by the dean of ...

When Pope John Paul II died on the evening of April 2, 2005, the whole world knew it would be coming at any moment.

As depicted in the film “Conclave,” the dean plays an important role in the life of the Catholic hierarchy, a point of ...

The only time papal power changes hands is when a pope dies or resigns. At that time, a whole series of rites and rituals ...

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

Thousands of people stood in line from three to five hours to see the pope, according to a small sample of visitors.

The conclave to select a new pope will be sharply different from the body that chose Francis in 2013. Experts say that could ...

The dean of the Roman Catholic Church’s College of Cardinals is a 91-year-old Italian who has spent most of his career ...

Pope Francis kept annual Holy Week appointment visiting dozens of inmates in a Rome prison on Thursday. The 88-year-old is ...

Pope Francis’ final words before his death expressed gratitude to the man who had been by his side throughout his ...