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In a quiet recess carved out of the otherwise bustling northside of Dublin City, a group of "Red Nuns" gathered to solemnly watch the funeral of Pope Francis. The late pontiff's funeral was broadcast ...

St. John died in a building behind the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral on Capitol Hill. The room where he died is a ...

A century ago, a Boy Scout planted a tree, and today, we’ll gather under its branches. Maybe, just maybe, we’ll decide to ...

Organizations in Oregon are helping educate immigrants with Defensa del Barrio workshops and more traditional ...

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

Francis stopped by the basilica on his way home from the Gemelli hospital on March 23, after his 38-day hospital stay, to ...

Pope Francis sits by the coffin of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square during a funeral mass at the Vatican ...

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

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

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