Many of the rituals and procedures of selecting a new pope — designed to ensure secrecy and an orderly transition — have ...

With the death of Pope Francis, announced by the Vatican on Monday, the Roman Catholic Church will begin elaborate rituals ...

He officially confirms the pope's death, a simple matter these days involving a doctor and a death certificate. Until ...

The death of Pope Francis on Monday sets in motion centuries-old traditions which will culminate in the election by cardinals ...

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Pope Francis, the religious head of 1.4 billion Catholics across the world, has died. He was 88. He suffered from various age ...

The body of Pope Francis has been dressed in sacred liturgical vestments and placed in an open wooden coffin for his lying in ...

The death of a pope begins a sequence of events that includes the confirmation of death in the pontiff's home, the transfer ...

The crack explosion in the mid-1980s spawned millionaire kingpins who waged violent turf wars, along with countless ...