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

Within a century of the saint’s death in 1226, Francis of Assisi ... Church art that derived from it, exemplified by Peter Paul Rubens’s depictions from the 1610s and 1620s of the visionary ...

The subject of numerous controversies, she is defined by ambiguity, welcoming outcasts to the Church and provoking more ...

but whether it works. What are some of the other privileges that belong to those who acknowledge the risen Jesus Christ as Lord? a) Strength. Life was not meant to be easy! Jesus offers strength for ...

Pope Francis’ body will be moved to St. Peter’s Basilica to lie in state allowing the Catholic faithful to pay their respects ...

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

After the ballots are pierced, they are burned in a cylindrical stove at the end of the voting session. Black smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney means no decision; white smoke signals the cardinals ...

The body of Pope Francis will be moved Wednesday morning to St. Peter’s Basilica for three days of public mourning for an ...

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

A ceremony that will lead to the transferring of Pope Francis’ coffin from his residence to St Peter’s Basilica, where he ...

This time, the 12 stations were not only representing the passion of Jesus Christ–representing his suffering, trial, crucifixion and death–but were also compared to the suffering many ...

Between the fourth and sixth day after the pope’s death, the papal funeral takes place in St. Peter’s Basilica or St. Peter’s ...