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Exit tourists. Enter cardinals. The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to ...
Pope Francis's funeral begins at 10 a.m. local time (4 a.m. Eastern, 1 a.m. Pacific) at the Vatican, outside St. Peter's ...
Typically, popes are laid to rest beneath St. Peter's Basilica. On Saturday, Francis became the first Catholic leader in over ...
With Pope Francis' passing, the Roman Catholic Church is focused on electing his replacement. Here's what that means.
The Vatican is grieving the first head of the Catholic Church from the Americas and Saturday marks the beginning of the ...
Pope Francis is breaking with tradition when it comes to where he will be laid to rest – choosing a light-filled basilica ...
In addition to leading the Catholic Church, the pope is also the head of Vatican City, a 100-acre sovereign state ...
In the wake of Pope Francis's passing, millions around the globe are set to converge on the Vatican, where history, art and ...
Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI are among the elected bishops of Rome who have led the Catholic Church ...