Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica a day after he was bade farewell by the powerful of the world and a crowd of hundreds of thousands.
World leaders and Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for people on the “most peripheral of the peripheries” and reflected his wishes to be remembered as a simple pastor.
Here’s a look at what “Conclave” does get right — and wrong — about conclaves.
So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all night due to higher-than-expected turnout, closing the basilica for just an hour Thursday morning for cleaning.
Hundreds of people — including leaders of various faiths — attended a memorial Mass for Pope Francis at Chicago’s Holy Name Cathedral.
The body of Pope Francis was moved Wednesday morning to St. Peter’s Basilica for three days of public mourning for an Argentine pontiff remembered for his humble style, concern for the poor and insistent prayers for peace.
These are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of news in the coming days.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” It implies the sacred and secretive process is no popularity contest or campaign, but rather the divinely inspired election of Christ’s Vicar on Earth by the princes of the church. Still, […]
Pope Francis will be laid to rest Saturday after lying in state for three days in St. Peter’s Basilica.
On Monday morning, Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, died at 88. The Vatican said he died of a stroke that put him into a coma and led to heart failure.