The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

Pope Francis himself helped rewrite the funeral rituals after the death of his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI.

A pope's death sets in motion a series of rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his successor begins. Here's ...

Pope Francis, who died on Monday, revised various rites last year, simplifying the funeral rituals to emphasize his role as a ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

The hope Christians have is not a sign of avoiding reality but of trusting in God's power to defeat sin and death as the ...

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 and public displ ...

The imposition of hands is rightly recognized by the Catholic tradition as the origin ... the Holy Spirit.]." 114 In the Eastern Churches of Byzantine rite, after a prayer of epiclesis, the ...