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Losing Francis was “as if you’re losing your grandfather, your very wise grandfather,” one mourner told NBC News.
Pope Francis' funeral will take place at 6 a.m. ET on Saturday, April 26. Here's how to watch the service from home.
A conclave to choose a new pope normally takes place 15 to 20 days after the death of a pontiff, meaning this conclave should ...
Francis did away with that sort of viewing. Instead, a procession brought his coffin on Wednesday directly to St. Peter’s ...
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 ...
Although Pope Francis simplified the papal funeral rites in a move of typical modesty, Saturday’s ceremony will still be full ...
Public viewings of Pope Francis’s body began Wednesday at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City ahead of the Catholic leader’s ...
The public mourning period presents a major security challenge: how to accommodate all the people who want to see the pope - ...
The conclave to select the next pontiff has not started yet, but meetings to set the agenda and to decide on the logistics of mourning for Francis were gathering pace.
Hong Kong's outspoken Roman Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen was allowed to leave the southern Chinese city to attend Pope ...