The conclave to select the next pontiff has not started yet, but meetings to set the agenda and to decide on the logistics of mourning for Francis were gathering pace.

Tens of thousands of people have turned out to see Pope Francis at a public viewing platform in St Peter's Basilica, where he ...

Ellington recorded “Black and Tan Fantasy” several times in 1927 with a small orchestra, showing off the ensemble’s tightly honed, potently expressive sound. Moran converted it into a solo, which he ...

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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 ...

Pope Francis' funeral is set for Saturday, and during the official nine days of mourning the College of Cardinals assembles ...

Pope Francis’ funeral will take place on Saturday. Chris Jansing is at the Vatican and speaks with historian Elizabeth Lev ...

In the hours following his death, many Catholics reflected on the words in his final Easter urbi et orbi blessing, which had ...

Pope Francis, who died on Monday, revised various rites last year, simplifying the funeral rituals to emphasize his role as a mere bishop and allowing for burial outside the Vatican in keeping with ...

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

Is that a taxidermied two-headed calf next to a collection of Victorian mourning jewelry?” Welcome to Rest In Pieces, Richmond’s gloriously macabre oddity shop where the unusual isn’t just accepted – ...

It is the sheer volume and speed at which these projects appear that has been her downfall, according to an expert. “Nothing ...