The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

Francis made history as the first pope from the Society of Jesus (Jesuit Order), the Americas, and the Southern Hemisphere.

When created a cardinal In 2001, he asked Catholics not to come to Rome to celebrate but rather to donate to the poor ...

The Pope suffered from a bout of bronchitis for several days and was hospitalized from February 14 to March 23 at Agostino ...

Bishop Salvatore Matano from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester released a statement Monday morning following the death ...

What happens to coins when a monarch or spiritual leader passes? Discover how powers across Europe—like the Vatican, the UK, ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis’ convalescence ... unable to raise his arms, set the tone for a new chapter in his papacy. It brought to mind the final months of John Paul II, a charismatic ...

He even threw a thumbs-up, raised a victory fist and made a small sign of the cross — though the upper part of his arms noticeably ... the statue of late Pope John Paul II, on the day Pope ...

A commonly-used design for the Vatican flag, flown frequently even at the Vatican itself, contains a small but easily-noticed ...

Princess Diana and Queen Elizabeth both wore elaborate veils when greeting Pope John Paul II in 1985 and 1980 ... Prince Charles to the Vatican in 2017 and wore a beige scarf and coat dress without a ...