A guide to the embalming process likely to be used for Pope Francis, based on historic and modern practices followed by the ...

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.

The Vatican has released the first photos that show Pope Francis lying in state after the head of the Catholic church died on ...

Few things are as carefully choreographed in the Catholic Church as the period between two popes. The time of the "empty chair," as the interregnum is referred to, consists of three stages.