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What happens during the interregnum period? Tom Reese, S.J., explains the time between one pope's death and the succession of ...
President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...
An Irish-born American cardinal was entrusted by Pope Francis to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy ...
Priests and other celebrants distribute the Holy Communion – the bread and wine, representing the body and blood of Christ – ...
The Camerlengo will seal Pope Francis' coffin at 8 p.m.. Last hours to say goodbye to Pope Francis at St. Peter's Basilica.
Bishop Larry Sullivan delivered the sermon at a special commemoration for Pope Francis, hours after the pope was laid to rest ...
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin presided over the solemn Mass for Divine Mercy Sunday held in St. Peter’s ...
The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a successor, the piercing ...