Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. VATICAN CITY (AP) — The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the ...

Among the changes in the new edition, according to Vatican News, is the elimination of the use of three coffins of cyprus, lead, and oak, and the possibility for a deceased pope to be buried outside ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bishops attend the funeral for late Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot in St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican Wednesday, Nov. 27, ...

Joanne M. Pierce is a professor emerita of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross. The 88-year-old pontiff had been well aware of his fragile state and advanced age. As early as 2015, Pope ...

VATICAN CITY — The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his successor begins. They involve the certification of death ...