A change in popes is a complicated process. Here are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of news in the coming days.

Vatican authorities kept St. Peter's Basilica open all night as an estimated 50,000 people lined around St. Peter's Square ...

Losing Francis was “as if you’re losing your grandfather, your very wise grandfather,” one mourner told NBC News.

The Vatican opted to extend the visiting hours at St. Peter's Basilica on the evening of Wednesday, April 23, as thousands of ...

St. Peter's Basilica reopened its doors, after a brief pause in the early hours of the day, to welcome thousands of ...

The body of Pope Francis is now lying in state in St. Peter's Basilica. The pontiff’s mortal remains, lying in an open wooden ...

So many people lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state at St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all ...

As the night fell on Rome, a long line of mourners — children, nuns, tourists and others — still waited outside the ...

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the ...