As depicted in the new film, the papal selection process is charged with secretive gossip and politics behind the scenes ...

COMMENTARY: Cardinal Ayuso was not a well-known figure, even in Rome. But he was at the center of an important story for ...

After the funeral of his predecessor, Benedict XVI, the pope asked that the protocols for papal funerals be revised to evoke ...

The Vatican had to work out a funeral for a retired pope, and a few months later Francis revealed he was working with the ...

Pope Francis has approved new rites for his own funeral for when he dies to simplify rituals and be buried outside the ...

ROME (CNS) — “We don’t have another theologian, it seems to me, that has been as engaged with modernity as Benedict,” said ...

According to Fox News, this new edition replaces the previous version approved in 1998 by Saint John Paul II. The Vatican ...

The journey includes Mass at Place d’Austerlitz and meetings with local clergy under Cardinal François-Xavier Bustillo.

Pope Francis has revised the papal funeral rites, simplifying the rituals to reflect his role as a mere bishop. The changes ...

Pope Francis announced this week that he intends on having a much more simple funeral than those of his predecessors at the ...