The conclave to elect a new pope begins May 7, governed by the rule book and prayer book. The process and rituals are ...

"I’m happy about the work that we did with the kids because they now carry in their hearts that seed of faith." ...

Richard Kreitner’s deeply researched book about the Civil War era illuminates the lives of six Jewish Americans and their varying stances toward abolition Gardiner Harris’s investigation of ...

When the last cardinal has placed his hand on the Book of the Gospels and sworn the oath, Archbishop Diego Ravelli, Vatican ...

according to a liturgical book for papal funeral rites which Francis had updated last year. He draws up “the authentic act of death” which is then attached to the death certificate that has ...

This liturgical book, detailing the procedures for papal funerals, was published in 2000 but revised by Francis last year. Diego Ravelli, master of apostolic ceremonies, said Francis had sought to ...

Most recently, Pope Francis made several changes to the funeral process in a second edition of the 1998 Ordo Exsequiarum Romani Pontificis, the Church’s liturgical book for the funeral rites of ...

Catholics and those of many faiths are in mourning today, as Pope Francis, the Bishop of Rome and Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church, has passed away at 88 years old. Vatican camerlengo ...

according to a liturgical book for papal funeral rites which Francis had updated last year. He draws up “the authentic act of death” which is then attached to the death certificate that has ...

In April 2024, the late Pope Francis approved an updated edition of the liturgical book for papal funeral rites, which will guide the funeral Mass which has yet to be announced. The second edition of ...