Gammarelli tailors in Rome have dressed every new pope since the last century, but this time, frugal Francis may have ...

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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of people filed through the central aisle of St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects ...

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Francis’s body is dressed in red robes, like those of deceased popes ... I stood in the rain with two Roman priests. A funnel of white smoke had sent the Rev. Adriano Furgoni and the Rev ...

Pope Francis, the first pontiff from Latin America, whose warm, humble, no-nonsense manner galvanized the Roman Catholic Church ... Two Jesuit priests were kidnapped by the government and tortured ...

Red-hatted cardinals, priests, candle-carrying friars and helmeted ... a traditional Italian sign of respect at such events. Roman Catholic cardinals gathered Tuesday in Vatican City to begin ...

(File photo: AFP / Vincenzo Pinto) SINGAPORE: Pope Francis, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church and ... the states or countries they live in. d) Priests – they don’t wear skull caps.

The Holy See has announced the details of Pope Francis' funeral and the events honoring the life of the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic ... bishops, and priests from across the world.