Now that Pope Francis has died, the Catholic world will enter nine days of mourning. Senior Catholic officials across the ...

Pope Francis’ tomb is made of Ligurian (Italian) marble with the sole inscription “FRANCISCUS” and a reproduction of his ...

In the Roman Catholic Church, a conclave refers to the private meeting where cardinals elect a new pope. During a conclave, cardinals are literally locked inside the Sistine Chapel until they make ...

Bells tolled in Catholic churches around ... a gathering of the Church's current 135 Cardinal Electors, who will be sealed inside the Sistine Chapel to elect the next pontiff.

Pope Francis was remembered as “a pope among the people” at his funeral in St Peter’s Square on Saturday, attended by more ...

After the death of the pope, the director of the Vatican’s health services — currently Dr. Andrea Arcangeli — examines the ...

Three churches off East 10th Street — two historically Black, one historically Mexican — are weighing their options as ...

Pope Francis was not simply an inspired world leader, nor was he a leader who was subject to a particular ideology which he ...

But lots of churches, bolstered by tax exemptions and a stubborn belief in tradition, have hung on and remain beacons of custom ... spiritual missions, leaders and members at each church have ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Centuries of experience dealing with the death, or occasional resignation, of a pope has left the Catholic Church with ... takes place in the chapel of his residence and ...

While the world mourns the passing of Pope Francis on April 21, the Catholic Church is preparing to choose ... to lock themselves inside the Sistine Chapel and hold a papal election.

At the end of the spectacle, a new leader of the Catholic ... church officials, that the pope has died, before his death is announced to the world. The pope’s death triggers nine days of mourning ...