As world leaders gather in Rome for Pope Francis’s funeral on Saturday, many Catholics are wondering if the church could soon ...

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Mourners will bid a final farewell to Pope Francis on Saturday during his funeral Mass, which is expected to draw ...

The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to ...

The papal conclave is the closely-guarded gathering of the cardinal electors — all serving ... the cardinals' ballots are placed into one of two small ovens inside the Sistine Chapel and burned.

His election would make him the first Black African pope in history. Cardinal Robert Sarah ... with 16 from France and six from Germany. A small number have come from the likes of modern-day ...

The man who would become Pope Francis always bought his shoes in the same small store. And now, the remarkably ordinary ...

Thousands of people filed through the central aisle of St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis on ...

Only cardinals who did not turn 80 before the death of Francis on April 21, 2025 are eligible to vote, making the current ...

Pope Francis's death sets an ancient machinery into motion. Soon, with a puff of smoke, the last absolute monarchy in Europe ...

Cardinal Thomas Collins has no interest in seeing ... they burn them in a little oven at the other end of the Sistine Chapel and the famous black smoke goes up. The honoured guests at Pope ...