Not that those princes – the elite squad of the Roman Catholic Church, its cardinals who elect the Pope – seem all that different to other priests, as, for lunch, they dress down in black suits and ...

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 ...

While popes often tinker with the rules regulating the conclave that will elect their successor, a revision of the papal ...

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

The Vatican announced the revised liturgical book for papal funerals after the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, ...

There are no second-class Christians, Pope Francis said. The laity, including women, and the clergy all have special gifts to ...

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

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 ...