Pope Francis died Easter Monday. His body is expected to be moved to a coffin the same day and put on public display at St.

After the death of the pope, the director of the Vatican’s health services — currently Dr. Andrea Arcangeli — examines the ...

Pope Francis wrote about his wishes and plans for his own funeral in his memoir Hope: The Autobiography, which was published in January 2025. He specified which church he wished to be buried in and ...

The highly secretive papal conclave has previously taken hours, days, months and even years to select the next leader of the ...

The beloved pontiff, who died on Monday at 88 following a lengthy battle of double pneumonia, made changes to his funeral ...

Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century church in Rome.

Pope Francis once said a wooden casket would surface after his death, and the time they were to bury himThe Vatican said that ...

The last pope to die during his tenure was Pope John Paul II in 2005. Here's what happened in the days and weeks that ...

The Vatican has established a detailed protocol to manage the death of Pope Francis. The Catholic Church has specific procedures in place to honor the memory of the pontiff and ensure a smooth ...

In a break from tradition and by his prior request, the pope will be laid to rest in Rome's St. Mary Major Basilica instead of in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica, where many of pope's predecessors ...

Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century church in Rome dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to choose the new pope. Here's what happens next.