Cardinal Kevin Farrell presided over the first ritual of Francis's funeral rites, known as the “rite of the ascertainment of death and deposition in the coffin.” ...

The cardinals set the funeral for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, to be celebrated by the dean of the College of ...

This is Latin for “having had mercy and choosing him” — a phrase that Francis chose as his motto when he was elevated to ...

Pope Francis passed away on April 21 at the age of 88 after suffering a stroke and heart failure. The Vatican confirmed the ...

However, the lack of mention of a hammer in the Vatican's official documents addressing the rites following a pope's death ...