New popes wear the cassock with a pellegrina, or short cape, a white silk sash and a white "zucchetto", or papal skullcap. It ...

For the last over 120 years, the men who wore the robes of papacy did not just lead the Catholic Church, they steered the ...

One of the pontiff's last acts was to simplify papal rites, stripping away elaborate rituals and scaling back ceremonial pomp ...

MOURNERS at the Pope’s lying in state yesterday blasted ghouls snapping selfies next to his open casket.  Pallbearers had ...

Public visitation will come to an end Friday, April 25 before a funeral for Pope Francis takes place Saturday in St. Peter's ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- The man who would become Pope Francis always bought his shoes in the same small store. And now, the remarkably ordinary footwear that surprised and charmed millions has ...

A Nigerian Catholic priest, Reverend Father Kelvin Ugwu who is on a mission to the Gambia has explained the different ...

Thousands of people began filing through St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis on Wednesday at the start of three days of public viewing ahead of his funeral. Throngs of the ...

A change in popes is a complicated process. Here are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of ...

With waiting times reaching four hours to enter the basilica, some 48,600 people had already filtered past the Catholic ...