Pope Francis died on Monday at the age of 88, after a stroke, the Vatican said. While the date of his funeral hasn’t been announced, per tradition, there are a series of rituals that will take place ...

Pope Francis was the 266th pope and oversaw several changes to the papal funeral process. The funeral of Pope Francis will be different from those of his predecessors. The pope changed the funeral ...

Bishops attend the funeral for late Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot in St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024. Leaders in the Roman Catholic Church are preparing for the ...

The Conclave is composed of a maximum of 120 cardinals under 80 years old and will begin within a maximum of two weeks. Benedict XVI, in the Apostolic Letter "Normas nonnullas," established with ...

The funeral for Pope Francis will include many long-held traditions, but will also eschew some of the more intricate customs after the pope amended the Catholic Church's papal funeral rights. Francis ...

Former Cabinet minister Cyrus Jirongo, 64, is set to be laid to rest in Lumakanda, Kakamega County, on Tuesday following Tiriki cultural rites and a week of mourning.

VATICAN CITY (AP) - The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his successor begins. They involve the certification of ...

Koforidua is set to host a solemn national gathering today as the final funeral rites of former Defence Minister, Dr Edward Kofi Omane Boamah, take place at Jackson’s Park in the Eastern Regional ...